Fish Fish!

Daily Zachary asks about a brother, sister, or a dog.  He wants one really bad.  Kevin & I will get him a dog one of these days when Zachary can help with him.  One of these days we would also LOVE to give him a sibling too.  It's all a matter God's plan & timing.  With that said, during bedtime stories last week Zachary just started crying. Out of no where. I had no idea what upset him.  He told me that he was sad because his doggie ran away.  WHAT?  He said that we had a dog when he was little and it ran away. After 5 minutes of trying to calm him down I called for reinforcement. Kevin came in his bedroom to save the day. Kevin is the master negociator.  By the end of the conversation Kevin had Zachary wanting a fish, instead. 

Story to a story:  Zachary has the opportunity to earn 1 sticker per day.  If he goes to bed without any complaining, crying, excuses, or wants (water, mom to sleep with him, more books, etc) AND he does not get out of bed in the middle of the night to wake me up for silly things (to be tucked back in, to remove a "scary" stuffed animal, etc.) he will EARN one sticker for his calendar.  After 10 stickers he is able to go to the dollar store to purchase a toy.  When we started this it was 5 stickers.  Now that he gets it we have bumped it to 10. Its amazing that if we do not dangle the carrot before bedtime how he will walk into our room at 3 am because he is "loose" in his sheets. Seriously 3 year olds and bedtime is worse than when he was a newborn.  The sticker thing really works and mommy gets her sleep.  Praise the Lord!  Okay back to the fish story.

It just so happened that Zachary had 9 stickers on the night that he broke down about a dog that we never had.  So Kevin told Z that if he got a tenth sticker he could get a fish.  You might remember my cousin Abbey giving Z a fish when he was 2. Or remember when the fish died. We saved the tank and most of the requirements to own a fish so getting a new fish was a great idea. The next day we joined Grammy at the pet store to pick out the perfect fish.

Zachary has made his selection:  A male beta

Zachary decided he was going to name him.....Drum Roll please....FISH FISH!  Very original, huh?

Grammy & Zachary with new new fish

Fish Fish in his new home

Goodbye Miss Mies

Yesterday our pet fish, Mies van der Rohe, passed away. My cousin, Abbey gave Mies to us on March 1st of last year. If you want to read about this story click here. Abbey thank you for providing a lot of joy to our little man. For the past two weeks Mies or as Zachary would say Me-Ze has not been doing well. Yesterday when we woke up we knew that Mies would probably not make it through the day. Zachary would check on her and tell me that she was sleeping on her rocks. She was a fighter and tried to make it but she went to be with Jesus last night around 9 pm. Zachary had a funeral for her this morning in the bathroom. After he flushed her, he said, "Bye Mies. Go be with Jesus and your mommy" After Mies was gone he said, "Oh No Mom Mies is gone." Here are some photos from this moment in time. Abbey thanks for allowing us to love on your fish. Kevin honestly thinks Mies died of old age. To be honest I am surprised Mies has made it for almost 12 months at our house. Zachary is already begging for another fish.




On another note, my families cat, Korona passed away last Saturday. We got Korona the summer before my senior year in high school. He was a wonderful, funny cat that we all loved a lot. It has not been a good week for our pets. Korona will be missed. However my parents already have a new little kitten that resembles my favorite cat ever "Lovable" and her name is Nellie. Zachary is super excited about her.