Matthew's first pet

Matthew talked his momma into a pet, so I settled on a beta fish! Matthew is so jazzed! We went to the feed store, which we do every so often, he loves fish, so we agreed he could start out with this one and see how he does. While we were at the feed store we couldn't think of a name. So we went across the street to visit Gramma Jo Jo at work. Matthew decided it was a boy and that it was a pretty fish, which it is for a beta, bright blue, very cute! :) So, Gramma says, what about Nemo? Wow, Matthew flipped! This evening after our walk he begged us to go down to the river to find seashells and rocks for Nemo's house. We found all kinds, it was fun, Matthew vigorously washed and rinsed them and asked me to pour them in. It looks good. Tonight at bedtime, he even ran out to the kitchen and hugged and kissed the tank, to tell Nemo goodnight, pretty precious if you ask me! He really likes the fish, sort of fun to have something like that.

Before bed he says, mom, maybe someday I can have a dog?! HA!

Matthew set up his farm animals to look at the fish, he was pretending that the tank was a fish aquarium and the animals were customers viewing the fish!