Of these Fancy Tails there is Julia's black-spotted yellow Guppy she named "Cheetah," Megan named her half white and black fish "Kita," and Joey is calling his silver bodied guppy, with a bright red and orange tail "Rocket." As guppies are easily bred and have anywhere from 4-60 babies at a time, we decided to go for an all male gang, but that didn't discourage Megan to still pick a feminine sounding name.



If all goes well and the fish survive the first week acclimating to a new tank, we will probably return to the store in Landstuhl and buy a couple bottom feeders, another fresh water plant, and a school of tetra's. But for now, I am so very pleased. I knew I wanted to focus more of this homeschool year on science specifically for our "Little Scientist" Madison, but I didn't realize we'd go as far as adding "class pets" to the curriculum list. But I must say, it has won my heart over. There is nothing like studying God's kingdom up close, and I have a feeling we have a lot of good lessons awaiting us. :)