Guinea pig day!

Friday was Guinea Pig day! Rox has been loving guniea pigs for years. Photos here are a few of the many times over her life form about age 2.5-3 yrs old when we've visited the Collingwood Childrens Farm, Bundoora Farm, Macadamia Park Byron Bay, Budapest Zoo and other places where she can hold and pet guinea pigs and rabbits.

 

So anyway, Rox has been counting down the days and planning this day with her friend Bridie for a while. They were both very excited. Bridie already has a guinea pig and Rox has been asking for one months before we went to Europe. We agreed that on returning from Prague we would find some pet guinea pigs to join our family. 

And they truly are divine little creatures. We got 3 tiny baby guinea pig sisters! Sooo cute! We've built a great 'cage' for them - really quite large and have put it in Roxie's bedroom. It's like a dream having them here living with us!

So Friday we brought them home and Bridie came over with her piggie Squeak. The girls had such a lovely time cuddling them and making them snuggy places to hide etc.. B. stayed for dinner and afterwards she and Rox went to watch Creature Features a kids animal show made here in Australia. They are both animal crazy! It soo fortunate for Rox, that Bridie is down the road from us, another home educating family, I reckon they're unschoolers too, although they'd don't label what they do as such. 

Roxie is really happy with her pets. I know she really wants a dog too (and so does Darren!) but we'll settle with these gals for the moment - and Bluey Olive the blue tongue lizard that Rox also loves, and Sniffy the cat, our old cat that Daz and I found before we got married (!!!!) as a kitten dumped outside 'Friends of the Earth' organic food co-op where we volunteered. Of course we dearly love Sniffy too, even with all her furball vomits!! Maybe we've got the energy for a dog as well? We'll see. I know Rox would adore a dog. She'd love to have the relationship with a pet that one can have with a dog...She hasn't really asked and asked for one like she did the lizard and the piggies though. So maybe down the track. Oh, not to mention a horse! Rox'd LOVE a horse. We've talked about it and are still talking about it. Both Rox and April do pony rides as often as possible and Rox wants to take riding lessons (??) but I haven't found anywhere relatively close by that accepts her age. Only from 8 years old. So we can wait a bit. Rox is cool with that... for the moment!