Cupcake :(

Poor old Cupcake. Cupcake was our Beta fish that we got for Liv around her 2nd birthday. We thought it would be a good way to teach responsibility. Every day Liv would help feed him. Every week, we would give him his bath (clean his bowl).

Well, We noticed he wasn't doing too well last week. He wasn't swimming around as much. Then on Saturday, we noticed he stopped breathing and died. We easily could have gone out and gotten another Beta fish and Liv would have never noticed. But, we really think it is important to teach her the circle of life. Starting off small is helpful for her (and us). I have to say, when I told her, I got teary eyed. It just made me realize that we will one day have to be the deliverer of bad news (ex. Corriah, family).

We told her that Cupcake went to Fishy heaven to play with other fish. She knows that we won't get to play with him again but that he is happy and in a better place. She seemed concerned, but relieved when we told her he was okay. He lived 7 months with us and who knows how long before we bought him. Ryan looked it up online and their typical life expectancy is 1 year (so not too bad).

This weekend we plan on bringing him to Merry Place (our family Havertown nature spot) and putting him in the creek with the rest of the fish.

We plan on getting another fish in a few weeks. Maybe she will name this one Cookie......