Two weeks ago we bought a fish! We'd made up a chart for Jack to fill up with stickers every time he did something good and eventually the chart was filled up so off to the Petco we went! We'd decided to get a Beta fish (hopefully they live longer than goldfish). When we found the Betas they were all in these small containers and at first I thought they were all dead. To be honest I think some of them were. Jack immediately pointed to a blue one and said, "Let's get that one, his name is Thomas." There was no discussion about it, I just hoped Jack had picked a live one. It's been two weeks and the warranty on the fish is up...but Thomas (the Tank fish) is still alive and swimming so here's the first Pugh family pet!
This picture sums up that 1st weekend perfectly, a new fish and two bottles of cold medicine. We were ALL sick!
This picture sums up that 1st weekend perfectly, a new fish and two bottles of cold medicine. We were ALL sick!
Here's a close up.
I've been surprised how much a child can interact with a fish. Jack watches Thomas for long stretches of time every day...and he hasn't put any foreign objects in the tank! For a boy who less than three months ago killed all of his Uncle Robby's fish by putting a toothbrush, a dirty rag, a T-shirt, half a jars worth of fish food, Woody, AND Buzz in the fish tank, I say that's a huge success!
