Big Egg, Stinky Pickles, and Gimpy Ears

Friday, February 1st, 2008 · 8 Comments

Big Egg, Stinky Pickles, and Gimpy Ears

All week long T3 (aka The Fish Whisperer) has been talking about “fishies”. “Mama, I wanna go see the fishies… I wanna talk to the fishies.” So, after speaking with DH, we decided today would be an outing to the pet store so that we could see some fishies. T3 was bursting with excitement when we told him we were finally going to see the fishies in the store.

When we arrived, the first animals he noticed were the guinea pigs, and he say to us with that wide eyed look, “Look mama and dada! It’s Linny!!!” (Anyone who has seen The Wonder Pets, gets the reference right now) Sure enough Linny was staring right back at us from the cage.

T3 and GG with Linny

Next stop was the ever popular fishies! He didn’t know what to do with himself, he was so excited!
T3 with fishies

And it seems GG couldn’t get enough of the fishies either!

GG with fishies

So, $130 later we are looking at an aquarium in our dining room, with three fishies hand-picked by T3 himself.

Fishies at home

And on that note, never let your toddler name your pets, or else you end up with Big Egg (the yellow fishie), Stinky Pickles (the black fishie), and Ears (the red fishie). Ears has since been renamed Gimpy by me since I noticed a chunk of his tail is missing – T3 didn’t seem to mind and now calls him by his proper name, Gimpy. The favorite right now is Big Egg, since when he eats his food he spits it back out and makes T3 burst into laughter “Mama, Big Egg puking!!!” (hence the last picture above).

Anything to make my kids happy. So, a big welcome to Big Egg, Stinky Pickles, and Gimpy to the family… I hope they live longer than the plants do in my house.

8 responses so far ↓

1 HP // Feb 1, 2008 at 10:36 pm

Yes, we’ve had strangely named pets in our house, too.

Blog Hopping—HP
2 OHmommy // Feb 1, 2008 at 11:03 pm

Oh my… look at his face in the last picture. That, my friend, is worth EVERY penny!
3 Tara R. // Feb 1, 2008 at 11:22 pm

That is so cool! I love the last picture… he has the biggest smile. Just wonderful!

Etcetera – blog hopper
4 amy // Feb 1, 2008 at 11:58 pm

Oh that picture is precious! One of our favorite outings is to the pet store, the girls are so entertained while we are there. They still haven’t talked me into the fish tank, though. No, I’m still trying to come to terms with the hamster!
5 A Man Among Mommies // Feb 2, 2008 at 11:03 pm

Wonder Pets, Wonder Pets..We’re all…. AHHHHH!!!!!

I have had zero luck with fish… Sticking with Dogs…

Blog Hopping while my 3 sons are sleeping…
6 Kim // Feb 3, 2008 at 12:18 am

LOVE the smiles!! This is great.. I have no luck with fish either.. but I wish you the best of luck with them.
7 Stacey // Feb 3, 2008 at 12:20 am

What great pics!

Happy Blog Hoppin’ Saturday!
“Margarita Mom”
8 melissa // Feb 3, 2008 at 10:38 am

oh…those fish would be so doomed in my house. i can keep cats and dogs for years…fish, they only last days in my care!
great pics! your kids are gorgeous!