Eliana has always loved staring at the fish in pet stores. And in the past year, she has expressed aloud every now and then about how she wants to have a pet fish. In a tank. With a castle or coral. Karina also likes to look at fish a lot. Fish was one of her first signs.
So...we informed Emily's parents that a perfect Christmas present would be a fish. Specifically--we had heard that beta fish are hardy (i.e. hard to kill, unlike the goldfish we had a few years ago).
So on Christmas morning, Eliana opened up a package that was set apart from all others and found a fish inside! Very exciting!
At first, she didn't know what to call the fish. Eventually she settled on the name "Rainbow Fish", named after a fish in one of her books (which is how she's come up with names for all her stuffed animals.) So feeding Rainbow Fish is the highlight of the girls' day. Every evening after dinner, each girl gets to drop a pellet of food in the water. Then they watch him swallow the thing whole. They also know that they're not allowed to pet Rainbow Fish or to knock on his bowl or swish it around.
Here's a video of Rainbow Fish Yuen...
PS You might have noticed in the video a piece of paper taped to the fish bowl. This was a drawing for a fish that Eliana colored and taped on to keep Rainbow Fish company. But you know betas--they're very territorial. We think Rainbow Fish feels encroached on by this intruder and this actually might be stressing him out. He seems to have gotten less distressed by the "other" fishes presence...poor fish.
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