we've repopulated the fish tank

The saga of the fish tank continues...

As you know, the primary cast of Hamlet dies in the end, well, except for Horatio, but we didn't have a fish named after him last go-round, and in our case, though, Hamlet did survive.

So, we made a trip to the pet store after school today to try, try again. The girls have named the new fish as follows:

• Ingrid's orange fish (a Molly) is Rose Tyler
• Ilsa's gold fish (a Molly) is Donna Noble
• (I think their names are backwards, but the girls are adamant that is how they want them named...)
• My silver fish with the orange tail is Jackie Tyler (because I'm the Mom, and I'm Ingrid's Mom, and Jackie is Rose's Mom...how's that for logic?)
• The albino catfish is the TARDIS
• Since they've changed the naming scheme from Hamlet to Doctor Who, Mr. BikeMan's fish (the silver one with the black tail) is now The Doctor, the 10th Doctor to be specific.

We've already had a grand time watching these new, much more active fish swim around... Here's hoping the cast of Doctor Who fares better than the cast of Hamlet!

Sweets to the sweet: farewell!

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I loved Ophelia: Forty thousand brothers
Could not, with all their quantity of love,
Make up my sum.

Hamlet - Act V Scene 1

We're having a bad few fishy days....

sing a dirge

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I'm so sorry to have to announce the news that Aquamarine Bubbles Candycane is dead. At least she expired in the splendor of the pink rhinestone-studded princess castle.

first pets

The girls have been hounding us for a pet. We aren't in the position right now for any sort of high maintenance animal like a dog or cat, so we opted to get them a small goldfish tank. We each have our own fish:

Ilsa's pink Glo-Fish (which I just learned is a GMO fish - yerghhh) is Ladybug Star Candycane

Ingrid's spotted Guppy is Aquamarine Bubbles Candycane

Mr. BikeMan's Guppy is Hamlet

Mrs. BikeMan's orange Glo-Fish is Ophelia (see, I told you I was obsessed with Hamlet right now...)