The boy has been asking for a pet pretty much since he learned to speak. It’s not going to happen. I’d be more than happy to get a cat, but my mother is deathly allergic and Adam himself gets the sneezies around them. I’m not a dog person. Not even a little bit. I could probably handle having a dog in the house, except that we all know I’d be the one taking care of it. And that’s not going to happen. We’ve considered the guinea pig\/fish\/hamster route, but frankly, it just seems like a lot of work for a pet that’s not going to give much in the way of cuddly fun back. And so, you guessed it, that’s<\/i> not going to happen.<\/p>\n
You can imagine Doodles’s glee when his California friend, T. Rex, sent him Sea Monkeys for his birthday. A pet, at last! One the whole family could be satisfied with!<\/p>\n
He eagerly put in packet one and waited 24 hours for the water to purify, asking approximately every 12.9 minutes, “Is it twenty-four hours now?” He put in his packet of Sea Monkeys, and waited for them to hatch. They did so early, which caused a little concern on the boy’s part, but he got over it.<\/p>\n
Doodles: Mommy, I need to go talk to Tally.
Me: It’s dinner time. What do you need?
Doodles: I promised I’d tell her when the Sea Monkeys started to hatch!
Me: Okay. You can do it quickly.
Doodles: Can she come see them?
Me: Just for a moment. You need to have dinner.<\/p>\n
Doodles runs across the street to retrieve a very excited Tally. As they walk into the house, I overhear them talking…<\/p>\n
Doodles: They’re really cool!
Tally: What do they look like?
Doodles: They look like sperm! Only a lot bigger.<\/p>\n
Nothing like a kid who tells it like he sees it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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