Meet Flash the Hamster!

Flash joined our family on Friday, September 15, 2017.  Fox wanted a guinea pig, like Moe, the guinea pig in her classroom.  I tried really, really hard to talk her into a Beta fish.  She found a very pretty Beta fish, but couldn't be persuaded.  Flash is as cute as a guinea pig, don't you think?

After school on Monday, we built a Lego playground for Flash, complete with a slide and a see-saw.  He's only allowed out of the cage in the playroom, with the doors to the kitchen and outside shut tight.  So far, he's only leaped from our hands about three times, usually hiding under the mini-fridge or bunk bed.  The first time, we left the top of the cage open and sure enough, after dark, he climbed right inside for dinner.  Papa Tom spied him and snapped the cage lid shut while Flash was happily spinning on his wheel.