VOLCANO

I realize this is a super random post for someone who post so rarely, but since this little guy has lasted the test of time I think I need to formerly introduce Volcano to the rest of the family. Here it goes.

So, last year Campbell was in the "Penguin" class at school. The Penguin teachers were loving, kind and patient and we loved watching Campbell grow during his year with them. Perhaps the most significant thing that happened during this year was when he brought home the class pet... Volcano. They named him in class and each student brought him home, took pictures with him and then filled out a journal about what they did during their time together. Volcano couldn't have come at a better time. Walker was a couple weeks old and and Campbell's teachers knew that he was struggling with the adjustment of becoming a big brother again so they let Campbell bring him home over Christmas break which gave us three weeks with Volcano instead of the normal one. The bond was instant. They were best buddies. Volcano went EVERYWHERE with us. And then... we lost him. I almost died. Like any terrible pet owner, I immediately went on ebay and ordered a new one praying it would arrive before school started back up. I found him approx. 12 hours later inside the Batman cave and all was good in the world. The day arrived that Volcano needed to go back to school and Campbell cried, three times. The "ebay Volcano" arrived 2 days after school started back up with a note explaining that he was the other Volcano's little brother (also named Volcano) and his older brother thought that of all the kids in the class Campbell took the best care of him so he sent his little brother to live with Campbell forever. His life was complete again. Volcano became a part of our family. Campbell sleeps with him, travels with him and he asks me to kiss Volcano good night too. We have since acquired a whole family of penguins, but you can still find Volcano within an arms reach of Campbell most of the time. Here are some pictures of our smallest and most well behaved family member.

 Buckled in with Campbell in the car seat.

Meeting Santa.

Volcano checking looking at the Volcano at Benihana's

This is a portion of our growing penguin family. From left to right "Penguin" (creatively named by Wyatt), "Volcano", "Snowby", and "Little Penguin".

Campbell's amazing Penguin Teachers, Miss Betty and Miss Betsy (I still can't get it straight).

Somehow Volcano scored a ride on a private jet to Chicago. Lucky penguin.

I invite you all to a little challenge. Since Volcano is often in the background of pictures, please join me in a game of "Where's Volcano?" on any future blog post ;)