pet seminary
Wouldn’t it be great if we could ordain cats and dogs? Wouldn’t it?
My kiddo can’t wait to get a puppy. She loves puppies and has a couple stuffed ones that she cares for as best she can. Of course for awhile she only wanted a pet pig and we’d set out food at night and try to catch a wild one. Even today she mixed up a batch of mush that we put in the freezer should a wild pig stumble upon our house anytime soon.
We’ve been practicing a share save spend approach to money and the first thing she spent her ‘spend’ money on was a pink leash and collar. It’s the first time her money has gone somewhere besides the offering or the bank. The clerk at fleet farm was really nice and asked if she got a new puppy and Lydia said no, her parents only let her have a stuffed puppy. And the clerk gave me a look of death.
But today it all changed. Lydia claimed her first pet. A dead ladybug named polka-dots. I’m not sure if it was dead to start with, but if not the bath surely did her in. Even though we put a yogurt lid in the water – a sort of life boat – I didn’t see a lot of hope for the poor thing. But Lydia has been taking really good care of her all the same. Washed out her cardboard shoe box in the kitchen sink, put a couple rocks and apple peelings in there to make it feel like home. She even walks around the house calling out,”Polkadots! Where are you?”
It’s kind of heart wrenching to watch your child fall in love with her first pet when it’s a dead lady bug. But it sure beats a dead puppy.