{"id":2101,"date":"2009-02-17T20:03:03","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T01:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2009-02-17T20:05:08","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T01:05:08","slug":"no-lanie-itll-get-died-and-have-xs-for-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/no-lanie-itll-get-died-and-have-xs-for-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;No Lanie! It&#8217;ll get died and have X&#8217;s for eyes!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2109\" title=\"Get Died.\" src=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/x-hamster.png\" alt=\"Get Died.\" width=\"245\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/x-hamster.png 245w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/x-hamster-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/>Kids are precious in their own sinister death-dealing way. Especially when it comes to pets and the smaller the better. Normally I don&#8217;t watch the kids like a hawk when they&#8217;re playing with the cats. Of the 3 cats, the two that are brave enough to go near them also know when to run&#8230; usually.<\/p>\n<p>The hamster however&#8230; that&#8217;s another story. One loves it way too much while the other would probably squish it given half a chance and then say something like &#8220;ham-ter sleeping&#8221;. I thought for sure that when we brought home the first hamster right before Christmas and after it had 7 babies that at least one of them would meet an untimely end at the hands of a 2 or 5 year old. Or a cat.<\/p>\n<p>Riley&#8217;s actually very good with the little hammie that we kept. (took the mom back with the babies as she was a biter&#8230; why keep a pet the kids are afraid of?) She lets Lanie pet it during hamster-time and keeps the cats away. This post is dedicated to the way kids precieve the world around them. Today Lanie wanted to hold the hamster which we don&#8217;t let happen as she holds <em><strong>very <\/strong><\/em>tight. Lanie grabbed the ham and Riley grabbed it back and said: &#8220;No Lanie! It&#8217;ll get died and have X&#8217;s for eyes!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>X&#8217;s&#8230; for eyes&#8230; That&#8217;s right everyone! When pets die their eyes turn into little X-shapes. After I picked myself off the floor and stopped laughing you&#8217;d think we would try to explain that it doesn&#8217;t happen. But no&#8230; in fact until now my plan has been to glue X&#8217;s on it when it does eventually kick-it. Why ruin her childhood?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s some hamster pics. The babies before we took them back, the keeper and best buds. Oh, and in the tradition of childhood pet-naming conventions, the baby is named Ellie&#8230; same as the mom was.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2101 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/babies-01.jpg'><img width=\"100\" height=\"61\" src=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/babies-01-100x61.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" 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Especially when it comes to pets and the smaller the better. Normally I don&#8217;t watch the kids like a hawk when they&#8217;re playing with the cats. 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