Out local Petco pet store held hamster races the other day. Geetle had seen the flyer on a trip to the store with BAGD. He read it to her and she memorized it. The date, the time, the place. She talked about it for weeks and told everyone we were going. Unfortunately, BAGD had a football game that day, and I was in charge. So, we went to watch, but Winnie could not participate. (Pregnant women are supposed to avoid touching rodents and reptiles)
We invited our playdate friends to join us. The races drew 5 competitors. The races were real nail-biters. Sometimes the hamsters went the wrong way. Sometimes they stopped to groom or poop and would not get started again. After several heats, the winner was Cookie the Hamster. She won her very own hamster ball track.
Pookie and Geetle sat on the floor with the small but excited crowd. They clapped and cheered. They really liked it. I was impressed with Geetle’s ability to focus on this event, long term. Just today she asked me to read her a story and then got up and walked away on page 4. But with the Hamster Races, she was focused. She knew the date, she kept track for over a week. She claimed her seat on the floor like it was the first row of Radio City Music Hall. She clapped and cheered politely for all the competitors. After the races, she came home to tell Winnie about it, and that she was going to race next time.
Pookie also did great. I was pleased to see him clap and cheer as well. He also got down very low, so that he could actually see the hamsters little feet run by. He kept creeping inch by inch closer to the race track, out of excitement. I had to reel him in a few times, but that was no big deal.
For the record…..Winnie would have smoked Cookie. She is definitely racing next time. Geetle has it all figured out. She will be at the start line to let Winnie go and Pookie will stand at the finish line to stop her.
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Cute post. I can just picture the little hamsters racing each other and the kids watching intently.