For those of you who have been following the drama of the past couple of weeks, Buttercup, our pet hamster died. We’ve been holding off buying a new hamster, waiting to find one that would fit our family.We learned that our friend, Jacey, was looking for a family to adopt her hamster, Sam (pictured above). Jacey is a teacher and Sam was her class’ hamster. However, due to one of her student’s allergies, Jacey had to remove Sam from her classroom. She decided it was best if Sam was adopted by a family with kids rather than sit alone at her home. Sam is used to being handled by children, so he fits our family perfectly. We picked up Sam this evening.My kids loved Buttercup deeply. So Sam has some huge paws to fill. But considering how he took to my kids and how my kids took to him, I think he will do just fine.Welcome to the family, Sam!