So in recent events I may or may not have bought Wyatt some fish without asking my husbands permission .... Whoops, Whats that saying better to ask for forgiveness rather than permission? Any way, Wyatt, My mother, && I went out Christmas shopping one day. Of course while my mother was looking at something else Wyatt asked to go look at the fish so we strolled over to watch the fish swim && waste time while my mother shopped. Wyatt has been begging Aaron && I for a pet fish for a long time now. So I finally caved, But not at Walmart!. I told Wyatt he could pick out a fishy from Petsmart if he behaved while we finished Christmas shopping (Which of course he did, The fish were depending on him). We finally make it to Petsmart and Wyatt conned me.... I've never been played so hard guys!. Wyatt was told he could get ONE fish, We left with THREE fish, A frog, && A Snail. Never trust a to year old to pick out ONE FISH!!!. After getting our new family members we got lunch and went home to set up our new tank. After it was all set up my husband came down the stairs and his exact words were "at least its not a cat".
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We let them settle into their new home and my husband was just so relieved it wasnt a cat that he actually like having the fish around.. OR so I thought... I bought the fish one November 2nd, And got the frantic daddy call on November 8th. "Wembley && Wyatt knocked over the fish tank and I can't find them!!" Okay...
After 20 minutes of searching he found A Dead snail, Two DEAD Fish, and the few survivors consisted of the frog who Wyatt named Freddie, and one fish who we named Decan. (we named them all after the members of Queen). When I got home to my original hard wood floors covered in pebbles and fish residue I yelled at them... ALL OF THEM. The person I was most upset with was Aaron. Who leaves a two and a half year old and a two year old great dane unattended in a room with fish!?!?! After I put everyone in their corners for time outs I began to clean the mess. I had Wembley apologize to Wyatt, I had Wyatt apologize to the fish, and I had Aaron apologize to Wyatt, the fish && myself. Word to the wise "If you're going to teach a child responsibility, Make sure your husband is responsible enough to not leave two 2 year olds unattended for 30 minutes."
You may think the story ends there but it doesn't. After my yelling fit, I sat down && composed myself. I was now full of sadness for my little boy who was so proud of these fish, He fed them on time everyday and I just knew that the only surviving fish was going to die the next morning... What to do though, I closely monitored the frog to make sure he would live, Ironic the only member of Queen who didn't make it was surviving through our frog.. Anyway, I realized that if these guys were going to live they needed a bigger and better tank one that niether of the kids could knock over and a bigger space to swim in. So I did what any guilty mother would do..... I bought him two new fish and a 10 Gallon tank...
This time though the mistake was on me I looked at fish throughout y lunch break and made a decision to get 2 Balloon belly mollies (Hardy fat fish) Unfortunately I bought one male && one Female.
Mind you Balloon belly mollies are no ordinary fish, The are live-bearing fish. What does that mean? I'm glad you asked.. They have babies just like we do. That's right folks I bought two fish and one was already cooking up a bun in the oven. But I'm a cool mom So now we have Freddie, Jolene, and an un-named male fish (pending Wyatt's approval for a name).
So basically, Don't buy your children fish, No matter how good they are in the stores or how many times they say "pleaseeeee".
Fish are money pits, literally throwing your
money into the harbor!!.
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