The Weekend

This weekend ushered in a new era in the life of our family. My youngest son is about to celebrate his 9th birthday. He loves animals and we have been exploring the possibility of getting him his own pet for his birthday. For the past month we have been learning about ferrets. As a family we decided to get him a ferret for his birthday. This weekend was the big day. A pet store in Courtenay was waiting on a shipment of ferrets. We had our name on a list of people interested in obtaining one. My wife called the store on Saturday to see if they had come in yet. They had received 4 of them, but forgot to call us. Fortunately there was one left. A 6 week old male. We went to look at him and my son (actually the whole family) fell in love with him. He is named Christopher, after my son's friend who moved to South Africa.

So far, it seems to be a good investment. Our kids are always upstairs in their room holding him and playing with him. He loves to nip, so we are doing our best to train him not to bite because I don't think it will be that cute when he is older. We also gave him a bath for the first time. Not sure how much he liked it, but he didn't squirm too much. It's going to be interesting to see his personality develop. Check out his picture.