At the beginning of Sept., Aunt Gyn brought Taite a pet hermit crab that she got for her at the beach this summer. Taite named it Mr. Krabs the Hermit Crab. Mr. Krabs, miraculously lasted about 3 weeks. Long story short, I was not sad to see him go. I will never even be able to look at hermit crabs ever again. Ick.
Upon Mr. Krab's departure, we told Taite she could get some fish. So, we picked out a little tank & went to Petsmart & bought two little guppy-like fish (I forgot the name of them). Taite named one Daisy & the other Mickey (because its tail has a mark that looks like Mickey Mouse). The store has a 14 day guarantee on the fish. Daisy lasted 3 days. I'm having flashbacks from the 'carnival' goldfish that we won in elementary school. So, Daisy is now double-bagged in a ziplock bag in our freezer, waiting to go back to Petsmart to get a new fish.
All I can say is....the things we go through for our kids! Too funny! Both of the girls enjoy the fish, so, if they'll live, this is a pretty easy new "pet"!
3 comments:
I haven't heard the hermit crab story! You will have to tell me about that. Also I had to laugh---Jen you are probably the ONLY person I know who would actually take the dead fish back to the store. HAHAHAHA!!! Poor Taite. Is she traumatized? We actually pretended that Sophie's fish lived a really long time---we kept replacing it until one day she actually saw the thing not moving and I had to tell her. I didn't freeze it.
That is too funny you froze the fish! Hey, if you get enough of them you can have fish sticks for dinner!
Ah yes, hermit crabs. We had those. R even did a science fair project with them!
Now she wants a hedgehog! And J wants a bearded dragon. Because, you know, a dog and cat aren't enough!
Good luck with the fish! We've had those too. ;)
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