Friday, March 14, 2008

Our First Pet(s)

Well, technically, we've already had a couple. But they don't count in my mind. These are for Easton. He has fish! I've been very reluctant for my own silly reasons but finally succomb. I'm so glad - they're very cute and fun to watch and who can't resist a two year old getting giddy over his very own Nemo's. It's a perfect sized 5.5 gallon that we put it in his room. And sooo quiet!
We have 4: 3 guppies and 1 sucker fish. I have come to love the guppies. They're so diverse and soo pretty. It was hard to choose. There's 2 males, one with a tiger-ish looking tale (admittedly my fave) and another that's bright orange and dark blue.
We also got a pregnant mama. They're not very pretty but very necessary. ;) We're excited to have babies!
Tonight when we were feeding them Easton put the flakes in so very carefully and saying "Here you go mama fish. Here you go daddy fish." In general reference the fish are his 'Nemo's.' When looking at and talking to them they're mama and daddy fish. It's funny. He really knows which is which and always looks for the mama. "Where's the mama fish?" Looking all around for her. Hmmm...no comment.

4 comments:

Karen said...

Uh oh, you are going to need a bigger tank soon!

Congrats on the new fish, the are so fun. I remember how much fun her had watching the ones at our house forever ago.

Cherish said...

oh how fun! does that help him go to sleep at all??

katie said...

Super Cute! Sure beats our plastic rotating fish nightlight!

Heidi said...

What is it about our men and fish?? Brooke wants them bad also. So glad you got some fun fish to watch. They are enchanting aren't they?