Cracked Up!

We have a new member of the family to welcome and his name is ??? Brayden hasn't given him a name yet but he has thrown around Pete (not to be confused with the goldfish formerly named Petey...may he rest in peace), Davy Crockett (weird, I know but it is his favorite song right now...and not the old version, the new They Might Be Giants version that plays on Disney and my CD player, on repeat!) and Blue (which is the name used the most often; I guess because I asked him his name last night and he thought I asked what color he was and now it has stuck). Let's just refer to him as dead Blue until we know otherwise.

So Blue is a beta fish, which I have heard last forever but we have already tried to kill the poor bugger. His new digs totally rock and I mean, red rocks with a fake plant and cool glass bowl, which apparently has a rather large crack in it.

I got up this morning right on time late and came down stairs to a flood on the counter top, where Blue's bowl had been placed safely out both dog and toddler reach. I soon realized (okay not that soon but it was early and I hadn't had coffee yet) that the bowl was leaking so here was my list of to-do's this morning in the half an hour I had before we needed to leave for preschool:

• Make/feed Cami breakfast
• Make Brayden breakfast - luckily he can feed himself, what a time saver!
• Pack snack for preschool class - today was my day...doesn't this stuff always fall at the worst time's.
• Pack Brayden's preschool bag - since I didn't do it the night before...kicking myself now.
• Find Passport (no I did not decide to leave the country because of my extreme morning stress, although I did consider it!) and Marriage Certificate - Had to renew today at the Post Office since our couples-only Caribbean trip is only a few months away and it had expired with my maiden name on it and apparently there isn't any form on-line that deals with both of those issues...that's the government for ya!
• Find Blue a temporary home - I envisioned returning after preschool to a fish in a bowl with red rocks, fake plant and NO water and that would be two dead fish in a week!

Needless to say, we were a bit late leaving for preschool so I did have to do some crazy backing up in the parking lot this morning, which is exactly why it is so important we leave on time...any one who knows me knows that I do not do well driving in reverse! In fact, almost every fender bender I have been in (caused by me) has been while attempting to drive backwards. But I am happy to report that I have yet to hit another preschool parent while attempting to back up my boat minivan! Now who wants to place money on the same sentence being true in six months...if you a smart, you will say NO...just like your momma taught ya!

P.S. Has anyone caught on to my new HTML trick?