They Did What?

During Amanda's last few weeks of school they were doing a unit on animals.  They talked about farm animals and jungle animals and pets and whatever else you tell preschoolers about animals.  As part of the unit they took the kids to the pet store to look at the animals.  It wasn't that big of a deal to go to the pet store, the school is in a strip mall and there is a pet store right there, so they walked to it.

When I went to pick her up, all the kids were sitting with a beta fish in front of them.  Hmm, what's this?  Yep, they bought each of the kids a fish without telling the parents.  Ugh.  My brilliant daughter told them that we weren't allowed to have pets and her mommy would not let her take this fish home.  She knows the rules even if the teachers don't.  The teachers said she could leave hers at school and it could be the class fish.  Nice try, but I'm not going to be that mean mom that let's all the other kids take their fish home and tell my 4 yr old that she has to leave hers behind.  So, now we own a fish.

But it gets better.  The fish needed a bowl, because the one it came with was way too small, and it needed rocks at the bottom and a unicorn statue and a plant and water conditioner and food.  $40 later our free fish was equipped to live at our house.  But that's not all.  When Sarah found out Amanda had a fish she freaked out and needed her own fish.  Back to the store for another fish, bowl, treasure chest and plant.  The other things they could share.

Of course the girls had to argue about what the names of their fish would be because they were both blue and Sarah wanted to name hers blueberry even though she got it several days after Amanda got hers and Amanda thought blueberry was a fantastic name for her fish.  I really hated the whole thing.  Finally Amanda grudgingly picked another name that because another name that finally ended up being cupcake.  Weird name for a fish, but she's four so I'll give her some slack.

In their defense, the girls are pretty good about feeding the fish everyday because I'm not going to do it and I have never seen two people so in love with fish in my entire life.  They know this is the only pet they are ever going to get from us so they are truly enjoying it.  Also, I cleaned both of their bowls today and it wasn't a horrible experience so I guess they can stay and I won't accidentally flush them down the toilet.