2.0's Fishy

Those are GIRAFFES!

I think it's perfectly normal for a child to be fascinated by animals.  When 2.0 went to the zoo for the first time, I watched his little eyes light up as he saw the animals move around.  The face he made when he saw giraffes for the first time was amazing, as you can see when to look at the picture to the left.  Next year he'll go back to the zoo and I can't wait to see how those reactions change.

2.0 also loves his furry sister.  When he came home from five days at Grandma's house, he wasn't happy to see me or his daddy.  He wanted to see the dog.  He follows her around and walks into my bedroom in the morning to sit by her kennel and wait until I let her out.  2.0 takes her toys and runs around the apartment with them so she'll chase after him.  It's so funny to watch.

The natural progression to this fascination with animals was to get him a fish.

Nate and I had talked about getting a small fish tank for 2.0's bedroom to replace the water fountain that's starting to wear out.  It has a night light on it and 2.0 really seems to like it.  So we found a fish tank with lights in it and naively purchased fish and gravel and additives for the water and all that, brought it home and set it up.

Then slowly the fish all died.  It was a horrible disappointment.

Upon speaking with people who actually knew what they were doing (thank you Petsmart!), we cleaned out the tank, added the right water treatment, and purchased a betta fish.

It's still alive!

It's red and blue and 2.0 loves to go into his room, climb up into the rocking chair by his crib, and stare at the fish tank.  He lays in his crib at night and watches the fish swim through the bubbles from the airstone and the patterns from the light in the water dance on his ceiling.  He's sleeping well through the night since the 'fishy' came.

I don't have any pictures of the fish yet (as we are waiting to make sure it survives before we get attached to it), but it's a very nice fish.  I'm so happy that my son loves animals!