While in Naperville a few weeks back, our dear friend, Mr. Jon took Paige and Will to the pet store. And he thought it'd be a great idea to purchase a fish for the kids. For those of you who know me, I am not a fish person. I have a small phobia of things that swim. Don't ask me why. I can do dogs...but never dreamed to be a fish parent:) But, the kids were so excited that I sucked up my fears and embraced the excitement. The kids picked out the "prettiest fish in the whole store". There was a conflict on what to name our fish - Paige decided on Elissa and wanted to call her "e-lis" for short. We decided that name sounded like a speech impediment "a lisp" so we ultimately ended on Will's suggestion - Bluey.
Bluely lived for one night at Mormor and Grandpa's house and then left with us to make the long journey back to Grand Rapids. Unfortunately for Bluey, the trip was too much for him to handle. We arrived home to a Bluely hanging out in the bottom of the cup. Of course, we had to have a proper goodbye for our little friend so the following pictures are our send off to our much loved fish of one day:)
Our one and only picture with the fish - who is dead:)
When Ben asked if the kids wanted to say anything before sending Bluey off to sea, Will responded with, "um. Bye!". Truly not too tragic for any of us:)
