Saturday, September 12, 2009 we went to the Wayne County Fair in Wooster, Ohio.
Daddy let Stephen play a ping pong toss game (this is Timothy in the picture, but Stephen played first). Why?! I have NO idea, because the prize was a goldfish! "Don't worry!" Daddy said. "He'll never get a ball in one of those bowls!"
Well, he did! He got that little ping pong ball in a bowl and he won a goldfish!
How in the world are we supposed to take a goldfish back to Canada with us, without it dying first?! How about a plastic water bottle? Ok, fine, but really, HOW do we get it back to Canada without it dying first?! (By the way, we did NOT have a passport for little SeaGirl, nor did we claim her at the border. Since she was only worth $1.00/7 balls in the game, we figured we didn't need to claim her ... besides, we seriously thought she'd be gone by then!)
The plastic water bottle worked and SeaGirl came to live with us for five days until I found her lying on her side at the bottom of the fishbowl.
Yesterday, Daddy explained the realities of life and death and funerals and the process of what happens when you flush a toilet. Thankfully it wasn't too traumatic for anyone and after the whoosh of the toilet, the little fireman ran off to put out fires, the architect returned to perfecting his Lego ship (notice it in the lower righthand corner?) and the little bouncer bounded off to find a leftover balloon to bat around. Whew! We survived our first pet. Good-by SeaGirl! We enjoyed you while you were with us!
6 comments:
Look at you- you posted ALL of those pictures and told a very sweet and poignant story all at the same time!
Cute name for the fish, by the way.LOL
How did you come to name it SeaGirl? I'm glad she(?) lasted long enough for the boys to say they had a pet.
The pictures are perfect for fair fun. Too bad they aren't "scratch and sniff" ones. :)
hahahahaaha! thats funny.
Stephen decided on the name of SeaGirl after he and Daddy were discussing possibilities.
Can you believe that there are talks about getting ANOTHER fish?! I'm hoping it's just talk right now, however, I think I could handle another fish for a pet as long as Daddy takes care of it when it's time is done.
How did SeaGirl get into Canada without a valid passport?
Do fishies go to heaven?
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