What do you do to entertain a two year old when a new born is brought into the house? You buy her a fish tank, right?! Well, that is what we did anyway and it has been a hit. Matt's dad is a fish whiz (thanks to Marianne and Joseph) so while Mom and Dad were here to help with Noah, Dad took Ellie out to buy her first pets and to pick out the rocks and plants. (I got the fish tank and filter at a garage sale for $5 Yee-Hoo!) Well, thanks to the Backyardigans, Ellie is really into pirates these days so she is SO proud of her fish tank with the pirate ship that she picked out. It has been fun and she shows them off to everyone that comes over. Plus when she gets scared at night the fish become her little guardians as we remind her that she is not alone and that the fish are with her :) Ellie even thanks Heavenly Father for her fish when she prays. There really haven't been any problems with the fish either. No fish have died in the ten weeks that we have had it now (I am obviously slowly getting this blog updated) and we have only had TWO incidences of Ellie trying to "feed" the fish :) Now those are two huge marks of success! So far fish are very doable!
2 comments:
Ellie is so cute. I love this picture of her hugging her grandpa!
That's a great idea, although I think my Son would have those Fish out of the tank and in the toilet or something in no time !
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