So apparently we don't have very good luck with hamsters. Stripe II passed away last night...on Valentine's Day no less. He was found dead in his food bowl, by Eric..again. He was preceded in death by Stripe I. We considered trying to get another quickly without the girls noticing, but I think there was a bad batch of hamsters at PetSmart. I decided that we should probably try another type or another store. I was really worried about how the girls would take the news today, especially Ivy. There were some tears, but after I brought up the fact that we could go pick out a new hamster, she perked up quickly. We headed to Petco instead and picked out a female, "fancy" hamster. We had a long discussion on the way home about what we should name her. Ada thought Sally was a good name, Ivy thought we should call her Spot. Then Ivy mentioned Twilight, in reference to the My Little Pony named Twilight Sparkle. That made me think of the Twilight movies, so I said how about Bella. The girls agreed and that's what we named her. Here are a few pictures of Miss Bella.
