Since Paige is home with the chicken pox she was watching my morning shows (I just leave them on as I do my "things" in the morning) and saw a few April fools day ideas. We decided to make one for a treat instead of dinner. Her "spaghetti and meatballs" turned out quite cute and was very easy to do.
I had wanted to put goldfish in the toilet. I did this a few years ago and it went very well. Especially for how easy it was. This year I didn't make it to petsmart before Jake got home so I took Jake, Paige and Sarah with me to the store. Jake was so excited when he saw all the fish. I bought several bags of them to deliver to friends to use in their toilets. Jake was talking to the fish and even tickling them through he bag all the way home. I was starting to feel bad that we were going to just flush the fish down the toilet in a few hours and this joke was not going to go so well with Jake.
After delivering all the fish we went home and Paige distracted Jake as I deposited the fish. A few hours later Jake went in to use the bathroom and Paige and I waited outside the door, with the camera, to hear his expression. Nothing happened. Flush. Jake is usually a sitter when it comes to going potty. I am guessing he went in, sat down, and then flushed with no notice of the fish. I said to Paige "Don't tell him he just flushed the fish. He will be devastated!"
Rian was up next. He comes home from school and goes into the basement bathroom and I hear "I am going to call animal control on you". Flush.
One fish left. No one ever said anything about the last fish. I think he found the deep dark hole and swam away.
I will wait another 4-5 years and try again.
