Hamster Tales: Sleep Series

Sarap ng tulog!

I've been sharing snapshots of our little pets since we had our first pair in July last year.  In the past few months, I fancied taking photos of them with my iPhone while they're asleep, and you may have seen some of them on my Instagram (click on the first four photos). I tagged them as #JMhamstertales. I captioned my posts with the Tagalog phrase, "sarap ng tulog" - an expression where you see someone who is sleeping soundly.  These hamsters just looked so doped -- well, some say they looked dead, hahahaha... but I agree, they do!

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Family Friday: Our Lazy Pet Hamsters

Second Friday of the month:  Pets / Kids

First, there was Sushi, then Red, then came Renee and Skyler, nameless hermit crabs, the "shark", and the nameless chicks and duckling.  Today, it's Shadow and Nibbles.  I just made a roll call of all our family pets, past and present.  The family "toys" of the moment are these lazy little hamsters.

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