Fish Sitting (Day 7)

Today was kind of a slow day here at home.  The two older children have had a temperature all day, so it has been a very mellow day.  I think Pigwidgeon was getting bored.  For most of the morning he rode the children’s rocking horse.  He was getting so into it, we had to re-fill his water twice.  It was as if he thought he was actually going to go somewhere.  I swore I heard Read More …

Fish Sitting (Day 6)

When I got home from church today, Jess was really excited.  She had successfully changed Pigwidgeon’s water without killing him.  This is quite a feat, be assured, because she has a 90% kill rate when cleaning fish tanks.  I am glad she did it too–he was starting to get a bit smelly and his bowl was starting to fill up with gunk.  I mean it was getting really nasty.  It kind of reminded me of Read More …

Fish Sitting (Day 3-5)

Fish sitting has been fun!  Boy, does this little guy like to help in the kitchen.  We did a lot of baking on Thursday.  We made cookies, bread, and tortillas, and he especially loved helping with the dishes.  He was so into making sure everything was clean, he even tried to jump into the water in the sink.  We eventually put a bag over the top of the bowl so he couldn’t get out.  I Read More …