Marshmallow

Morgan was looking at a book one day before Christmas and came running to me. “That right there is what I want!” she said pointing to a picture of a guinea pig. We convinced her that maybe she should start with a stuffed animal to practice with until she is a little older. So now she is sure that when she turns 5 she will be old enough to have a real guinea pig. She does take good care of this one. Zane spilled raisins on the floor and she was positive her guinea pig had pooped so she cleaned it up. She named it Marshmallow and proudly tells everyone that Santa gave it to her. Every night we go through the same routine – searching for the guinea pig. Morgan insists that he likes to hide when he is out of his “cage” and so we must search for him. But she doesn’t always remember where he is hiding. The thing is not even alive and we can’t keep track of it! I don’t know if we are ready for a real animal.