Well, my oldest son (CatfishOn) got a betta- a Siamese Fighting Fish- last summer.  For some reason, about a week ago, he decided he wanted to breed bettas.  Those who know him know what an understatement it is to say he is obsessed with breeding his betta!  He has read 2 fish breeding books- no small feat for the boy who only wants to read about Brett Favre or the Green Bay Packers!  He also has scoured the internet finding out every obscure fact about the fish known to man!  Needless to say, his enthusiasm has been contagious and now USAPUPPY (daughter) and BlueSky (2nd youngest son) are owners of bettas and are chatting constantly about how many babies they will have, how many bowls we'll need, how many babies they'll have to "cull," etc.  Whew!  I'm overwhelmed just thinking about the 100+ Siamese Fighting Fish each needing its own bowl so it won't kill its sibling or get eaten by its parents!  Talk about a disfunctional family! 

So now we are adding this to our unit on oceanography.......  which we are supposed to be finishing this week with a trip to the Discovery World Aquarium.  Today's virtual fish dissection was not attended with much enthusiasm.   I guess it just hit too close to their heartstrings!  But now they are even more eager to observe their bettas, label their fins, and discuss their eating habits!  Their excitement is almost too much to bear!  You can only imagine the trepidation as CatfishOn waited with bated breath for his beautiful male betta to start hiding in his new cave rock.  The poor fish had no time to get used to this new, strange object in his tank.  He was expected to go inside and take a nap!  Aaah!  We are also learning lessons in patience! 

Now seems like a good time to review how we are to be "fishers of men" utilizing patience and perserverance in presenting the Word to the lost.

Hope you are all having a lovely homeschool Monday!  We are!  (Despite the snow!!!!!!!!!)

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