{{{{{{{Carrie}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

I've missed you.

Alex has never had a pet - his father has always threatened to kill anything that came into the house that would need taking care of.

Tonight we went to the mall to get him some more summer clothes and they had some hermit crabs for sale with little aquarium type containers and food, etc.

He's been after me for ages to get one esp. since they are in cages........I've always refused. Yuck. Tonight was different. He was so eager for one, had tears in his eyes as he asked me. Me, being such a softie, finally gave in........ended up getting the large cage, 2 hermit crabs (they like company), a bathing bowl for them and food.

Alex's face lit up like an xmas tree. We bought an empty shell as well because one of them will be needing a new one soon, I was told. He named them already - one has an orange shell and he is called Hermie. The other one is smaller, with a yellow spotty shell, and of course, Spot is his name.

I even let the creature crawl on me.......I think I'm beginning to like them - lol. Alex is so happy - and that is what mattered. The things cost a fortune, geez. But they are alive, versus his "stuffed" animals.

It will teach him to take care of something too - to know that Hermie & Spot count on him.

The things I do......lol.