We have an Aquarium!

Back in business!!!! We have a new aquarium! Before we left our home country for our current adventures, we had two aquariums - a 29 gallon and a 50/55 gallon. The bigger tank we gave to some good friends along with the fishes, and the 29 gallon is sitting empty awaiting our return. The two albino African Clawed Frogs that occupied the 29 gallon tank went to live in an 'aquarium' to be used to teach kids about amphibians and albinism (but not as dissections!).

We are very excited about our new tank. It was a good price and seems to be well made. We may need to modify the lid/lights for a saltwater tank, but otherwise we think it's going to be good. It's 120cm long (about 1.2m). We estimate that it's around 70 gallons. I had originally wanted the round 100+ gallon tank that I found, but the shop keepers would not come down to a more reasonable price. Oh well, their loss! I'm a cash-n-carry kinda gal!

The munchkins just had some friends over to play. There was a very stark contrast between how the girls played and how the boys played. The girls sat in Munchkin #2's room and played with plastic hamsters and dolls quietly and peacefully. The boys had Legos everywhere and were engaged in an epic battle for living room domination. And, all this activity was after eating lots of pizza and swimming for almost two hours.

Munchkin #2 is currently in the shower singing a lovely rendition of 'Jingle Bell Rock,' and Munchkin #1 is digging through all the Legos on the floor of his room. Life is good.