Sick Hamsters and Busy Boys

Well, Spencer has a goopey (sp?) eye! When I say goopey eye I mean it was crusted shut and weaping. I cleaned it out the other night with a warm washcloth and opened it much to his disliking. Now remember, Spencer is one of Kota's new hamsters! That's right, I cleaned out the eye of a hamster folks! Oh the things I thought I would never have to do. Now mind you I don't mind cleaning out Sunny's eyes everyday but she's my dog which is different. Plus her eyes are bigger and she's not as little and squirmy to work with. Spencer is small, squirmy and quite a challenge to hold so imagine me holding him, with a washcloth and trying to clean his eye out all the while trying to fend off Sunny from trying to eat him for supper! I finally made Kota take Sunny to his room and lock her in so I could get the job done. I didn't need to have more injuries on my hands had she gotten a hold of him in her mouth.

After cleaning Spencer's eye out, I think he looked better. I called the pet store and talked to someone and they said to bring him in on Friday and they would put drops in his eye to help with the "cold" they thought he had due to stress from being moved. Today his eye looks 100% better! Yeah! Kota was really worried about him. I think Spencer will be just fine.

As for busy boys.......Jordan went with his friend, Ryan, to the Cub's game today. He spent the night at Ryan's house and they left early today to take the train into Chicago. He won't be home till later tonight which means I've had a "fight free zone" in my house for going on 24 hrs. now! You can only imagine how nice today was to enjoy the peace and quiet of one child in the house. It was marvelous!

Kota is practicing his pitching outside in the front yard. Jordan showed him how to throw a curve ball, fast ball, change up, etc.... He pitched a little last night in his practice game and did very well. He also was catcher and played second base. Baseball is getting into full swing at our house.

Only one more day left on spring break then we're back to school on Monday. I've been off for almost 3 weeks due to having pneumonia so I'm more than ready to got back to school. Unfortunately, Kota is not ready to go back. He loves not having school and is so looking forward to summer vacation. I wish one of my boys would actually love school but I guess that's a dream that I'll never have fulfulled!