Optical Illusion

Since I am a little animal crazy, we ended up getting a couple more fish last month or two even though we are moving soon. Better find new homes for them in the next few weeks...

This betta is the most gorgeous blue color, no? We named him Lan Yu ("Blue Fish" in Chinese). When I snapped this photo, he appeared to be leaping out of the water dolphin-style. But really he is submerged. A mirror halfway under the water makes the illusion happen. Cool!

New Pet!

We are still apartment dwellers, so of course our first pet is pretty simple... We liked this fish bowl because it is more space efficient: it hangs on the wall above our dining room table (is it gross to try to eat while staring at a fish scuttling around above your head?) The name of our pretty rainbow betta: Yu Yu. Yeah, creative (it is the Chinese word for "fish.") Lo Lo calls him "mu mu" which is his sound for a fish, done by moving his lips in a fishy type of bubble blowing way.

Lo and I stare at the fish a hundred times a day, and he always begs to feed it by signing "food" then saying "mu mu" followed by frantic pointing at the fish food/fish/table that he wants to stand on.

The evening we brought home our fish, Lo Lo had a friend over and was SO ECSTATIC to show his friend the new addition to our home. Pretty cute. I have always been a big believer in pets and the joy they can add to a family.