Pets

Shannon is slightly opposed to pets.  He feels as though our home is jungle enough without adding actual animals.  Much to his dismay we do have a dog, just a little sweet dog.  And there are the chickens, his girls. Not ideal pets but another creature that the kiddos enjoy.
Of course there is the continual requests for chameleons, fish, a larger dog, a horse (or seven), a cat......and the list goes on and on.

We told Annika years ago that if we ever had a barn she could have a kitty, knowing one would be necessary for mouse control.  Not one to forget, as soon as Shan had our little barn built this spring Annika began asking for a kitty.

Shannon stalled and and Annika persevered.

Then we developed a rodent problem in our garden and lawn by the pond, at which point Aunt Missi inadvertently came to Annika's aid.   While discussing the dilemma with her she said that a cat would probably solve the problem as she had never had an issue with the pesky little creatures.

So now Annika has Butterscotch.
And this weekend Butterscotch endeared himself to the man of the house by killing his first vole!