Adding to the family

We have added more animals (just animals, no babies) to the MacLean bunch. If we have two turtles, a dog, a cat, why not add three bunnies as well? So that is what we did.

This is the cage we had built for them. It's big, I know, but since we often have a random mix of animals (the boys still want a pig again) I thought it was worth making a cage that we could use for any animal. It was made in an afternoon. Five minutes after we brought the bunnies home, Caroline had made a hole and pushed her way through so we had to get stronger wire. She's not gotten in it again, yet.

We took the boys to go pick out there bunnies. There is this place that sells all sorts of animals which are used mostly for eating or sacrifices. Probably all of them actually except the ones bought by the white people. It was kind of like taking the kids to the petting zoo at the fair. Way back in the back they had rabbits so each boy got to pick out his own.

This is Dawson's. Name: Brave "because when he stands up and looks out he looks brave."

Sex: Female (though as seen from the sentence above, we call him a he. Our poor animals will have gender confusion since we call our male cat a she and now our female bunny a he).

Kenan's. Name: Strawberry "because of her red eyes." Sex: Female

Silas' bunny. Name: Thumper because he thumps a lot and honestly because I got to help him choose the name. I had a Thumper growing up and this guy looks like a Thumper. (My Thumper growing up was a girl though. I guess the lack of understanding animal gender started early for me. My sister's bunny, Pretty Star, was the male.) Sex: Male

Dawson took this picture with the boys and their bunnies. They have really enjoyed them and play with them daily so far. We'll see how long that continues. I'm fine with any outside animals really as long as it is not a bat, rat, or snake. I must admit, though, I'm actually enjoying these little guys. They are very cute and soft.