Mom’s next big mistake…
Brinn loves to go to Petsmart with me for Circe’s grooming. We took our usual Petsmart tour- to the fish, the rodents, the fish, the cats, and back to the fish. She asked for a fish.
Stupid mommy said okay, as if I have nothing better to do. Oh, and we already have a Beta, “Blueberry”, that Maeve severely neglects. But they had small fish tanks with a filter on sale so I thought that was a great idea.
Once I got home and started putting it together, minute by minute I realized it was a huge mistake. I get everything settled, and set it on the large dresser in her room. We talked about how we don’t touch the tank or put things in the tank.
She laid down for naptime and was reading herself a book. My friend stopped by an hour later and Brinn was still talking in her bed. We snuck up the stairs and could here her talking, “oh fishy fishy! blah blah blah fishy….” Cute. Then I looked in her room.
She’s on top of her dresser, soaking wet, lid off the tank, and a very jolted fish gasping in the water. “I get the fishy” she said with a smile.
I don’t think so. Fishy is now in the bathroom. That is, until he dies as a result of today’s trauma.
