The girls have been asking if they could have a pet for quite awhile. I am unable to keep our house clean without the addition of fur, so their pet options are seriously limited. I told them that they could get a goldfish as soon as all our summer travels were over. They were totally happy with that outcome.
So a couple of weeks ago we decided that it seemed like a good day to get the pet. Brooke assured Audrey that she did not need to worry cause if the store did not have goldfish then we would just get a bunny instead! What??
We went to a small local pet store and after a while ended up with a (much more expensive when you add in all the other stuff you have to buy) little baby goldfish.
Here are the girls posing in front of Goldy
Well a couple of days after we got Goldy all settled the girls were delighted to see that Goldy had sparkles all over her tail and fins. And while they thought it made her look pretty, it was no good. Apparently there were several things that the pet store people neglected to tell us.
By now you probably can figure out how this all ended. Goldy only made it with us for a week. The girls were super sweet as they gave her a flush away. They both sang her songs and comforted her (it almost made me cry how caring they were being)
So now we have an empty tank but we will get a new fish.
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Our first pet encounter ended about the same way, but it was a turtle and I should have done more research before we adopted it. So sad. It is okay though b/c I did my research afterward and now we have two turtles in our back yard "turtle box".
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