Moo's First Pets

Moo has been asking for a pet for quite a while now.   Unfortunately, both she and JJ are allergic to cats and dogs.  Sad because the Mr and I are very much dog people.  We tried the cat route before we had kids and that just didn't work our very well.

 

See that little spot at the very bottom?  That's one of the tadpoles. 

So, I thought it would be a good idea to let her have some tadpoles as her first pets. She loves frogs and I love frogs. I had a pet frog in the third grade and it was fairly easy taking care of him. This was a win-win situation in my mind.

I asked my mom to bring the tadpoles with her since I was going to be running errands. I didn't want them getting to hot or shaken up. Anyways, that night we get to my mom's house and she hands me the mason jar with the tadpoles. I notice that all three are down at the bottom of the jar.

Moo's super excited and asks to them. Then she says, " Why aren't they swimming? Are they sleeping mommy?" I tell her yes and take the jar to have a closer look. I give the jar a little tap.

Nothing happens. My heart sinks because I in that moment that her tadpoles are dead. All three have gone to tadpole heaven. I check the top of the jar and it has holes in it but the water was filled up to high. So, when the jar lid was sealed on it sucked the water to the very top preventing there to be any room for the tadpoles to come up for air.

So, they suffocated. I felt like a bad mommy because I had gotten Moo all excited about having pets and now they were gone. I couldn't bear to break the news to her that night. I flushed the tadpoles down the toilet and when she asked about them yesterday I simply told her they were gone in a deep sleep.

She seemed to understand and asked if she could have a different pet. This time she wants a hamster. I'm sure we'll get her one eventually but no time soon. I couldn't take it if somehow yet another pet died in less than 24 hours.

Announcements

So glad that the weekend is officially here.  It has been a long week.  Moo has been making sure to wake up early only to fall somewhere between sleep and being awake.  However, we did enjoy a nice family outing at the animal shelters here in the Queen City.  Although, we can't have a pet that's not going to stop me from going to look.  I'm counting down the days to our six month lease is up and we move.  Now we just have to find the perfect house.

I also got the chance to visit one of my good friends.  And I have to admit that seeing her and her pregnant belly made me realize some of the good times I had being pregnant with Moo.  I'm not exactly sure if you could say that I was having thoughts of baby number 2 though. LOL.  I have not yet reached that point.  Give me two to three more years on that one and we'll see. 

I want to announce that YUMM is doing really well.  We are certainly going places.  I've never been one of those people who's into stats but Jay recently talked me into checking mine for like the second time since I've started blogging and I'm getting over 400 views a month now!!  It's exciting and scary at the same time because to know that some many people are out there reading what write is freaking amazing.  But at the same time, it worries me to think about the potential that is to come for YUMM.

Although this is my personal blog, I still want to make sure that I'm sending out the wrong messages or image.  I know that I've had some young teenage visitors and I want to make sure that I am being a good example.  Like it or not we are role models.  You can't control who looks up to you just like we can't control the weather.  However, I am going to stay true to myself and continue to write about things and issues I feel strongly about.

And while we're on the subject of growing, I just want to say greetings to all the new followers.  Feel free to leave comments.  I don't expect for you guys to always agree with me.  This is democracy and you are entitled to express your opinion.

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