Katelyn's Wish Came True

Katelyn finally has a pet of her own. In fact she has two. They are roommates, two female fancy rats that she has named "Sunshine" and "Pepper." I tried to convince her to name them Lucy and Maud or Louisa and May (after her favorite authors) but she had them already named before they came home from the pet store.

Katelyn is finding that pet ownership is not all fun. She has to clean up rat poop and deal with them being noisy while she is trying to go to sleep. However, she is up for all of it and has figured out that she can wheel their cage into the bathroom for the night where they can be as noisy as they want. At least they don't bark or shed and no one seems to be allergic. I am thrilled about that.

Mostly they have been a lot of fun for the kids, as creepy as they still seem to me. Zach asks permission several times a day to go see the rats and Katelyn takes him by the hand and they go visit them in Katelyn's room. He thinks they are pretty neat.

Katelyn asked me last night if I would rather that she didn't have these pets at all. I told her that I just want her to be happy and if this is something that truly makes her happy, I am all for it. Just don't ask me to hold them or clean their cage. :)