So, you know those two fish that Mandy killed on Friday? Well, we got our son a new one. It is a betta fish this time. We only got one, because if you put two bettas together they will attack each other. I thought that it would be fun to watch, but I don't think Mandy wanted any help killing the fish this time. She found out from her friends that bettas are hard to kill, and she wants the challenge to be all hers. (See her post here). It must be true that they are harder to kill because we have had it for over a day and it is still alive. Or it could also be that we spent $4 on it. If you do the math, we paid $0.28 for about 12 hours of fish aliveness, so this fish should make it for at least a week before Mandy can kill it.
So we tried to recreate the whole first pet experience for Mikah, so he wouldn't be heart broken about his dead fish. Here he is trying to eat his fish bowl again. I may or may not be pushing his face against the bowl for recreational (the act of recreating, not because it was fun) purposes.
He is so happy here, I don't think he even realizes that his fish is blue instead of gold, and that there is only one of them.
Earlier today, Mandy fed the fish and made her first attempt at killing it, although, she did try to blame it on Mikah. She was "just showing him the fish as he came up to eat, and did catch him one time as he tried to pet it." She even put Mikah in time out for "trying to hit the fish." But I am on to you Mandy. Fish-1, Mandy-0. I will try to keep you updated on the score as things progress.
Vocab word for the day:
Aliveness: see also animateness; The state of being alive; exuberance, intensity.
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