Growing up in my home we always had hampsters .
And no matter what someone kicked the hell out of the round ball they ran mock 90 around the house in. Until eventually there were so many terds in the ball it sound like someone was shaking a maraca.. We also had a woodstove in the basement so the door going down the stairs was open a lot , many times they took a six flags ride down. Sometimes we were lucky, my Mom & Dad would allow us to get two of the crazy corner pissing, wheel racing, tube running fur balls. We even had babies 😳. That ended our hampster craze.
Now today in my home my daughter has her Guinea Pig. Meet Fiona!
She is about 2yrs old and the best pet any family could ask for. She is truly Emily’s best friend. Over a hour can go bye and she will play with her. Sometimes doing strange things as you can see
Emily insists on sharing every toy with Fiona.
The smallest crinkle of a noise and Fiona will start whistling at you demanding hay. She will run directly to the door greeting you and getting huge dog kisses from Gizmo🐶😘. Yes they even love each other.
I have found that putting children around animals that show love and communication like a Guinea Pig perfect pet match and truly provides a little pet therapy. Fresh veggies everyday and a given responsibility to our toddler that she loves doing.
Seeing Fiona sleep so relaxed in her cage while I’m walking around Emily’s room cleaning it proves to me that she is comfortable and feels safe.
Her singing will put a smile on anyone’s face. And her attention craving personality draws you in.
So maybe next time your wondering if a cat or a dog is good first pet for your little one you may want to consider why Guinea Pigs make great pets!
We cuddled around inside the fort for story time. I got together a few books that went along with our imaginations. I choose these three. 
Brown Bear, Bear Brown, What Do You See? Is a wonderful book allowing toddlers to read themselves. They are able to practice their colors along with creating a great self esteem because they are actually reading! Wake Me In The Spring is a oldie but a goodie, it’s a story about s bear and a mouse friendship. Mouse not wanting bear to hibernation and miss all the winter fun. And Hungry Harry I choose because we learned that frogs hibernate, so discussing and reading about hungry Harry trying to find his dinner leads to good disussions about how hungry the animals are when they awake from their slumber.
Maybe she secretly chugging my Pepsi’s ;). Hope this make you smile as much as it did me. 
So like normal my morning started with looking on my local news channel app on my iPad to see what’s going on. I came across this first thing this morning 
and much required love. 
Needless to say I don’t get much alone time, except after 7pm once Emily & Noah have gone upstairs to bed. I definitely do not go out and spend money on myself. 
Thank you Mackenzie for making your older sister feel important in your life. I love you very much as a friend and a sibling. Never with any judgement you’ve always been there for me. We all need those reminder sometimes. Now to my readers, pay it forward. God bless. 
Eric has shown me that we live for ourselves nobody else. Everyday he makes me smile as soon as I awake. Below is a letter left ontop of the coffee pot two days ago.
Im not writing this post to brag or carry on about how in love I am. I write today to give my readers positive energy. I want to share with you the smallest things in our lives can make a huge impact on our train of thought. Just this simple read can give you the good feelings, make you smile, make you wanna do something to show your love to your family. 
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