Every time I take the babies to Wal*Mart we say hi to the Elmo car ride at the front of the store and immediately head back to see the fishies. The babies LOVE the fishies. They love them so much they kiss the tanks - EWWWWWW! Don’t worry, I take sand paper and bleach to their lips after. J/k, but I would like to since that is just gross. Anyway, they love the fishies. They love all animals, but I am a mean mommy and refuse to get them one. I do love animals, but I do not love animals enough to want one. I do not LOVE animals like my sister Ang who takes her “bubbas” everywhere and treats them like her other children. So yes, I am a mean Mommy and the only way my kids see animals is at Wal*Mart. Hahahah.
I had asked Jeff if we could get them a fish a couple of months ago and he said he didn’t think it was a good idea. Booo Daddy. You’re even meaner than Mommy! So no fish for us. =(
But wait! When does Mommy ever listen to Daddy? The babies love fish. Fish are low maintenance. Fish do not require walking, brushing, cleanup detail (well, a little clean up, but not like a litter box or backyard ick). They don’t make noise, they don’t shed, they don’t bark. Perfect!
Introducing Blue! Our new Betta Fish.
Isn’t he pretty. When I picked him out I really had no feelings at all towards the little bugger only that the babies would love him. We picked out a pretty vase and rocks for his new home. We talked to other Betta owners who schooled us in Betta 101, How to Keep a Fish Alive. We brought him home, arranged his bowl, fed him dinner, and watched him swim around. Sometime in there I came to love this little guy. He is our first pet as a family. He is the babies Baby Blue.
Let’s hope I don’t kill him and have to explain the toilet burial to the babies at such a young, tender age. =)
*Jeff informed me I was well on my way to killing him already by putting him on the piano that the babies “play” VERY loudly so I moved him to his new home far away from the “music”.
September 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Blue looks just like our “Dot” (short for Dorothy!). Too funny. Dot has been with us for several months and shows no signs of old age yet :).
September 28th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
OH! Your “Blue” looks so much like our first fish (when our two were about yours age and I took them to PetSmart AND WalMart for their animal fixes!
) Bobby Blue Blue Fish. They are WONDERFUL pets and have pretty lengthy lives for fish. (We’re on to future generations, but our twins are seven now, so that’s to be expected. 
) Enjoy Blue!
September 28th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
This made me sad because we had to give away our beta when we moved from Chicago to Raleigh
Actually we had an entire 20 gallon tank with pleicos, zebra fish, a beta, and two other schools. I always loved them but HATED cleaning out the tank. It was the biggest PITA so we will never have more fish, other than pretty betas that can live in a small tank.
September 28th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Yes, I am a crazy dog person! I’m not ashamed, my two Bubba’s have gotten me
through some pretty tough times.
Lesley, sorry to be the one to tell you this, but you are so NOT an animal lover.
Good idea to stick with fish for now.;) S&H must be thrilled.
September 29th, 2008 at 6:38 am
I want lots of photos of babies kissing the fish vase.
September 29th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Leslie,
I do not think I have ever commented here before but I look at your website so I can see your sweet babies and read your funny stories several times a week. I wanted to comment on this particular post because I want to “warn” you not to make the same mistake with your beta that I made with mine. I did not have a top on my beta bowl and he jumped out one day when I was not home. I came home to a dried up fish on my floor… just be careful not to fill the water too close to the top of the vase. Congrats on your new pet though! Oh- also, betas are hard to kill- unless they make it to winter at my house. I keep my heat and my air at 68 degrees- much too cold for a beta. I kill them every winter. Good luck!
September 29th, 2008 at 10:21 am
That’s funny, I don’t remember hearing that the babies kiss the fishtanks at Walmart.
Ick!
September 29th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I think your animal lover is like the outdoor lover, you love parts of it all….
I remember the fish and toilet story ( I wonder where I’ve heard it before)…
Cute blue fishey…
love me,
October 8th, 2008 at 9:59 am
love ur fish! so cute. we have a larger fish tank… Its nice.. but I wouldnt mind having something smaller..
We have tropical fish… they do fine with no heater 2.
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