First Pets!

Meet Flinky (on the left) and Freegee, the newest members of the Obermark household.  The kids have been asking for a pet for awhile now, and I originally agreed to buying a goldfish after we got back from Wisconsin.  At the pet store today there was an incredibly helpful clerk working the fish department and he changed my mind over to betas, which he assured me had a better chance of surviving and would be much less gross to upkeep.

We got a tank with a divider, and the kids are pleased that their fish have their own little apartments.  Where James and May got the names for their fish, however, is a total mystery.  (May's fish is Freegee, James has Flinky.)  Signing up for a Petco Pals card today, I realized we have crossed the line in the sand into the realm of pet owners.  Gulp.