Goodbye Chig

Monday morning Nemo died. James and I found him and was quick to make a trip to the pet and make the swap before the kids noticed. This is actually Nemo3 now, but we have not been ready to face the heaartache of the children by telling them their fish has died. Tuesday morning Roman turned on the tank and discovered his beloved Chig had died that night. We have since discovered a chemical inbalance with the water and are working to correct it, but as Roman made the discovery the thing I have been dreading most occured. The cries and anguish of loosing their first pet was horrible, even worse than I imagined and I found myself crying too as we gave Chig a ceremonious burial at sea. Chig joined our family as a present from Santa this past Christmas. Two years in the waiting, only to leave us 4 months later. Chig was Roman's long awaited pet, his bribe for potty training, his constant promise for an entire year thereafter. Roman proclaims his "heart is breaking". Upon looking for a new fish, Chig2, Roman has decided he does not want to replace Chig. Instead he will enjoy the 2 remaining fish - Rain & Nemo, and is working on setting up a home for his new frog to be named Toad, after falling in love with a red-bellied frog at Noah's pet store in Midlothian. Will keep you posted on how that turns out....

Another opinionated, stubborn motor-mouth....

It will come to no shock for anyone that has met my children that the older 2 are extremely opinionated, very stubborn and total motor-mouths. So it should also come as no surprise to hear that with Bethany's ever growing vocabulary, she fits right in. Yesterday I was discussing with Hope what she thought we should have for dinner and she suggested Spaghetti & Meatballs. Bethany's response "NO" Well, what would Bethany like? "TACO" Mommy doesn't have everything for tacos, how about spaghetti "NO, TACO" After another round of that and she flew off into her unidentifiable blabbering to which I'm sure she was telling me all about it. Finally I got out the meatballs and showed her. Her whole face lit up, "mmmmmmmmm BALL" Is this okay Bethany? "YES mmmmmmmm BALL" Okay, so spaghetti it is tonight. "NO, BALL" Sure enough she wouldn't touch that spaghetti but was careful to pick out every piece of meatball!

Blow Up Pools

James and I have been discussing getting a pool for the backyard. I had originally wanted a more permanent above ground pool, but as of late we have been investigating the popular blow up pools instead due to their low cost and easy removal, therefore no maintenance during the cold seasons. Upon discussing this with the kids Roman became very very excited! "That's the coolest thing ever! So when my friends come over they can play in it and go flying when it explodes! Sweet!" After James and I choke back the tears of hysterics we had to explain to him that in this case 'blow-up' and 'explode' were two completely different things! He was a little disappointed and not so thrilled about the pool idea after that.