temptation....

It was just too much....too much temptation for a 3 1/2 year old.

We promised the kid we would buy her a fish.

So, tonight...we took her to Petsmart and let her select the fish she wanted. She had already named him Dopey before we even owned him.

Brought the fish home, prepared the bowl, washed the multicolored rocks and pink princess castle for the fish (yes, gag me...I know)

We decided to keep the fish in her adjoining bathroom.

She had asked to keep it in the dining room several times...but, pink resin plastic castles in clear bowls don't exactly go with my decor.

So she went with the idea to keep it in the bathroom.

She is an easy child...goes right to sleep...no arguments....never gets out of bed....no whining....

But, tonight was different.

We kept hearing her messing in her room....went in once and found her stirring the fish bowl with her hair clip and had given him enough food for 3 days.

So we cleaned her up....and said that you can't mess with Dopey...only look.

45 minutes later, I hear marble like objects dropping at the foot of her bedroom door...I open the door and she had piled up a hand full of the "decorative" rocks we had purchased for the bottom of Dopey's bowl.

She had changed clothes, several times, and had been "playing" with her fish all evening....while we thought she was asleep.

So, needless to say, Dopey has to find a new home. And, he may loose the castle and resin sea turtle if he is going to live on my antique hutch.

Yep, I am mean...but, I DID buy her a fish.

I haven't laughed that hard in a while....poor kid thought she was in trouble. ;)

Poor Dopey.