Fish Funerals and Bus Accidents

Today was an eventful day for the kids. First off everyone is fine. Just fine.

Caleb came running off of the bus yelling "Mom something awful happened on the bus today."

"What?" Immediately I thought of throw up. Really what could be ickier than throw up on the school bus you are on. Uggh!

Beth and Caleb together: "We were in accident on the bus."

Me: "What?"

Beth: "A car ran a red light and hit us."

Caleb: "This morning before school."

Me: "Was anybody hurt? Are you telling me the truth?" (I'm wondering why the school didn't call me--to the point that I am calling the school tomorrow--even if no one is hurt I should be informed so I can make an educated decision about the situation.)

Apparently the police came and the other car was very smashed up on one side. No ambulance came. The kids had to wait for a police report to be filled out before they went on to school.


Rob got home from work and checked on the fish. One had been looking quite sickly, and Rob almost put it down before he left for work. It passed away today. So the kids had a funeral for Zippy.

The gravestone said: "Here Lies Zippy R.I.P"

The kids said a few words

Jacob: Fish go live with Heavenly Father and let him take care of you.

Caleb: Go have a nice day with Heavenly Father

Beth: Zippy I hope you have a great life in heaven.

This is the first fish we've had die in the two years we've had fish. We had five zebra danios as a gift from Santa. When we got them we figured we would have a bunch of fishy funerals in the first few months as Rob acclimated the tank, but he managed to keep them alive. A zebra danio's life expectancy is about two years. So Rob has done an excellent job on the care of the fish. The other four look healthy, but they are nearing their life expectancy, so we are expecting a few more fishy funerals in the next months.

Everyone is doing okay so far. Have a good week!