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 We finally bought another fish tank. We'd promised Maddy she could have the money from selling the old fish tank. that got sort of wreck in the fire. to buy a new fish tank. We finally got around to doing it this past weekend. Maddy picked out all the decorations and the fish (a purplish pinkish looking beta). She got a little over enthusiastic about taking care of him. While we were getting the tank set up she decided to pour the water in his plastic bowl out into the tank and then dump an entire bottle of beta food on top of him. In my haste to get the fish into some water, I didn't notice the beta food until it was too late. Thus the brown, cloudy water in the brand new tank. We changed it once and it's looking better but I thin we'll have to change it again.
Lately, Maddy has been into telling stories. Her story from yesterday:

"One time when I was a baby we were outside in the snow. A snow monster came. I was holding a puppy that was Abbey and we ran inside the house and slammed the door. We had to open Christmas presents and we got a toy snow monster that was for a dog. The next day we looked out the window and the snow monster was gone."

Today she said:
"One time when I was a baby I ate a goldfish cracker. The end. It was a short story."

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bee said…
She is well on her way to following in her mother's foot steps. : )
June 25, 2013 at 8:55 PM
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