One fish, two fish -- dead fish, new fish

The other morning, Dallin and I woke up and found our beloved betta fish Eddy (short for Oedipus) dead. We had Eddy for almost 3 years, and he was getting old and just didn't swim around like he used to. Dallin would have to tap and shake the bowl to get Eddy to come up to eat -- the last thing Dallin said to Eddy while feeding him in the evening was "You're so lazy Eddy -- I kind of wish you would die." Next morning, we found him dead. Make sure you never get on Dallin's bad side . . . :)




So, the next day Dallin had the great idea to invite some of our nieces to help pick out a new fish, and to say bye to Eddy (they always loved feeding him whenever they came over). We took Haley, Melanee, and Mady to PetSmart with with us, and they loved it! They loved watching the dogs get groomed, and checking out all the lizards, snakes, rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils, birds, frogs, etc. It's hard to decide what was more fun -- them looking at all the different animals, or Dallin and me watching their faces. :) They especially LOVED seeing all the different fish. We finally convinced them to pick a male beta (first they wanted a girl beta, but when we showed them one they thought the girls were "ugly!"). We picked out the prettiest one, picked out a new fake plant (pink, of course), and then headed home.




On the way home, the girls decided the new fish should be named Max (Mady's idea), short for Maximillion. We held a brief fish funeral (Mady kept saying "I want to flush that fish!", Haley ended up flushing him in the end, and Mel couldn't bare to watch) and then we welcomed Max to his new home. Then we finished the night with Mac & Cheese and a little Disney channel. :) It was a fun night -- we love our new fish Max, but not nearly as much as we love our nieces!