I loosen my tie.

This is Lucy, she is the Syrian hamster who came to live with us as first born's birthday present. She has been a very reqarding present. She now has a super large cage, and sometimes comes out for a play, she used to make an other worldly growling noise when she first moved in but now seems more chilled about things.

As you can see she has odd eyes, and I wonder if she doesn't actually see very well at all, she is quite determined, as small rodents can be, and she likes a bit of meat now and then, and one day first born may feel able to pick her up, but just now she is so quick and wraith like that it makes first bron quite edgy to think she has sole charge of Lucy when she's out.

The magnolia tree may be in bloom for younger sibling's birthday, it often has been, and she has been cheered to have another little mate over, though Scrabble was a bit tiresome, playing mums and dads seemed better, there were tricky things to do with the care of the dolly, and that's what they like to do best, chat about who does what, and what they might say about it.