We Have Pets!

The girls have been begging to get a pet and at this point, we have not felt that a dog would be a good choice for us...we are NEVER at home!  That being said, the girls did so amazing this year in school, they definitely deserved an award.  So after dinner a couple nights ago, we went and looked at Pet Smart and they both fell in love with the idea of getting a fish.  Pet Smart was about to close so we didn't get them then and they were so disappointed.  On the drive home we told them that we would get them a fish.  Did you hear the squealing wherever you are??  The next night we went and let them each pick out their fish and got them their own aquariums to keep in their rooms.  We came home got them all set up, and were slightly concerned with how the fish looked.  They weren't very active at all.  We had read that beta fish can get pretty stressed easily, so we thought that was probably all it was.  Unfortunately not the case.  By the next day, Braelyn's had already died!  Thankfully Pet Smart will replace them if they die within 14 days.  When we took the fish back, they determined that it was our water than was the problem.  They had us buy special aquarium water so we headed home with another fish to try again.  When we got home, we found Em's fish was dead!!!!  I was a little embarrassed to head right back to Pet Smart with another dead fish but they weren't at all surprised to see us and home we came with a 4th fish!!  The new water did the trick!  Flash and Clara are the newest members of the Brooks fam!

Their excitement coming home was priceless!