We had such a busy weekend!! Friday night we went to the nativity carnival, Saturday was Wyatt's birthday (see previous post on what went down there), Sunday we went to the San Mateo County Fair, and today (monday) we stayed home and i tried to clean but didnt get anywhere because neither kid would nap.
At the nativity carnival I saw some kids walking around carrying fish and I thought it would be fun if Ry got to win one. Rex said he didn't want to take care of a fish but he said that if Ry won it by himself (he had to throw the ping pongs in the fishbowl) we could keep the fish. Low and behold Ry threw the first of 5 ping pongs in a little fish bowl. So we were handed a litle goldfish in a plastic cup with a lid on it (what ever happened to fishes that come in plastic bags?) Ry was so excited with his new pet. He wanted to carry the cup around with him. After a couple tips and spills (literally 30 seconds after he got his hands on it) we took the fish away and put him in the cupholder of the stroller. Ry ran around riding some rides with his buddy Jax and when we got home we put the fish on the coffee table where Ry could look at him. I asked him what he'd call his fish and he said "Green Fishie" Ry wanted to take him out of the cup and hold him and we had to explain that this pet wasn't a cuddly pet like Meowzer and couldn't be taken out of the water. He seemed to accept that but we put the poor fishie on the kitchen counter just in case Ry "forgot." Ry wanted to watch him all night long but I told him that Green Fishie had to go to sleep. I filled up a fancy vase with water and let that sit over night to get to ambient temperature. In the morning I put the fish in the new bowl. Ry woke up and saw the fish swimming contentedly in the bowl. He exclaimed "my fishie is awake!" We went off to Wyatt's birthday party and when we got home, poor Green Fishie was laying at the bottom of the vase. Ry didn't seem to care much about his fish at that point (he was just laying around being boring after all)
Sunday morning, Rex flushed the fish and didn't tell Ry about it, we went about our morning cleaning and getting ready to go to the fair and Ry never asked for it. We got home from the fair, ate dinner and still no mention of the fish. I thought we were in the clear. This morning however, I was making Ry some waffles for breakfast and he comes into the kitchen and asks:
Ry: where's my fishie?
Me: what fishie?
Ry: GREEN Fishie!!
Me: He missed his family and went to live with Nemo
Ry: Him's in the TV?
Me: NO! He went to the ocean!
Ry: He was sad?
Me: yeah he missed his family and was sad.
Ry: Oh...
Thats the last we heard of that... I'm not sure if he'll bring him up again.
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