Karen and Karensander

The boys have been saying for a while that they wanted a hamster. We said that if they were very good on their first day at school, they could have a rat each. (Not a hamster, because hamsters are dull).

We asked them what they were going to call their rats. Alex said "Karen" and Dan said "My friend rat".

So, the boys were good (actually, we bought the rats while they were at school), and rats arrived. They were so worn out after their day at school that they didn't notice that the rat cage had rats in it for about an hour. When they saw them, they decided who was having which rat, and what their names were to be. Alex said "Karen", and I said that Karen was a girl's name, and the rats were boys. So Alex decided his rat would be called Karensander. And Daniel said "Karen" and wouldn't change his mind.

Here's their abode. It's a Bel Air 5 storey Rat Mansion.

And here's a picture of Karensander. Karen wasn't feeling very photogenic.


Alex sometimes gets confused, and calls them hamsters.