“Extraneous”

Michael knows why the name of this entry……we’ll leave it at that.  So, this week “Rosebud/Rosie,” Flat Otis/Michael, Shelly, and Glowey joined our family.  Michael has been traveling this week and it’s been so LONG for me!!  I thought it might be fun to do something really out of the ordinary, and the kids have wanted fish for the longest time (actually since we took our one day wonder dog back).  So…..I decided to be “extraneous” and get them some!  We went to the pet store to choose them.  Who knew it could take 45 minutes to pick out 3 fish and a slug?  Jared & Scott had both liked the hot pink fish, and after several attempts, Jared managed to successfully talk Scott out of choosing the same kind of fish.  So, Jared ended up with the hot pink tetra.  Scott chose the big greenish flat one.  Many years ago Michael and I had inherited an aquarium from Julie & Hank, and were bequeathed a lovely flat silver fish named Fat Otis (affectionately named by Hank).  This one looks similar in shape, so I thought it might be fitting and Scott adopted that name for half the day and then, all of a sudden, decided he wanted to change it to his Dad’s name.  SO funny! I told Michael he should be flattered.  That’s like the most exciting thing in that boy’s life right now and they share a name!  Gavin picked a yellow tetra that he was hoping would glow in the dark, but…….doesn’t.  Oops.  I think he is still loving it.  The lady at the pet store said she felt our tank probably wouldn’t hold more than 3 fish at a time, so I thought maybe a slug would be great, so that one is Mason’s (affectionately known as Shelly).  So there you have it…..the latest members of the Brown Family!