pets

The cats have both been successfully paw-printed. I was quite surprised they submittted to having their little feet pressed into the ink pad, then tranferred to paper. My conscientious children then washed and dried the inky paws before liberating the cats. The things that go on in our house!

Frog escaped twice this weekend. 4 was trying to lift out the sofabed in the living room and was chastised by both her sister and me. Burst into sobs. Turns out she was "trying to do the right thing" - recovering the frog that hopped under the couch when she took it out of the tank.

The frog also had an adventure under the fridge - courtesy of 6. Once again, he tried to escape as soon as he was free of the tank, but hopped into the dusty recess under the fridge. Retrieving the frog was quite a task! 6 held up the flap at the bottom of the fridge and shone a flashlight under it while I tried to carefully roll it out of its housing without squishing the amphibian. The frog emerged covered in dustbunnies - was washed and returned to his habitat.

Gerbil also had a couple of good runs around the house.

My excercise program. How novel.