Another mouth to feed

No, it’s not a baby. . .but you weren’t thinking that, were you?? (Mom, you may want to stop reading now. . .)

Twirly Girl has been setting aside money to adopt a hamster, and yesterday’s errands included the pet store. Today she has been checking every few minutes to see if her new pet was awake and ready to play. Finally, shortly before bedtime, she got her wish. Meet Casper, named for the city where she got him.

Neptune and the Glofish

Larry and I have had a long standing agreement: NO PETS until the baby of the family is out of diapers. Well, ever since Baby Boy (aka the baby of the family) was born, the whole pet issue has been discussed off and on. The general consensus seems to be “dog”, with two problems: Larry likes big dogs and Angie doesn’t, and Angie is the only one who thinks a dog can live outside.

We finally decided that fish would be a nice safe first pet, so last month we set up a three gallon aquarium. We started with a male betta who has been named Neptune and a couple of other fish who have already been flushed. The next time we were at a pet store, we picked up a trio of glofish. I forget what the rest of the family calls them; I refer to them as yellow, orange, and red. Red, however, has also been flushed, thanks to the aquarium coming with an oversized filter system. We replaced it with a smaller filter and still have three fish. (phew!)

I wasn’t able to capture “orange” on film, but here you can see Neptune and “yellow.” Everyone enjoys watching them, especially at feeding time. Even Baby Boy likes to be lifted up so he can wave “Hi fisheee!”