180 Days

The hatching of the sea monkey eggs has begun! We'll keep you posted, but Madison has poured the eggs into the aquarium, which Mommy has made sure was the right temperature for some healthy baby sea monkeys.

Our house will have quite a few pets soon enough - right after these eggs hatch. What to name them? Hmmm... that'll be the fun part with Madison, although I doubt we'll be able to keep track of them. Indeed, we probably won't even be able to photograph them, I don't think.

We'll give it a try though. They'll end up looking something like this, actually. This close-up shot is not quite as cute as the packaging suggests, but they are tiny little living creatures, so we'll do our very best and take care of them. Animal rights organizations need not fear: they'll last a whole lot longer in this environment than they would in the ocean. AND, as a bonus, they get to live nearby a spacious pink castle and have a dependable amount of food rain down from the surface, right as rain! I'll see about taking some snaps when the little guys have grown up a bit. Stay tuned!

We have a big weekend ahead of us, of course. Tomorrow night is the ballet recital, and the next night is the premiere of the new "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. After that, the end of the world is predicted, so I'm a little fuzzy on our plans for Sunday. But we'll still plan a service for the kids on Sunday that features more pirate excitement. That's right: the pillaging and plundering never ends this month!

On a semi-unrelated note, Daddy made reservations today for the mack-daddy of all restaurants in Disney World: Cinderella's Royal Table. This one is nigh impossible to find reservations for, even if you're calling two months ahead of time. Trust me on that one: it's why we didn't go last time. BUT, in 180 days, we'll be at Disney. And in 180 days, Daddy has made reservations for Madison to go to Cinderella's Royal Table and the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique as well. Daddy called about the boutique too, and discovered that it was already filling up for November - and that he'd better hurry up if he wanted an open spot. So that I did, all that to say we've got a nice day planned for Madison 180 days from now.

Maybe by that point, our little sea monkeys will be all grown-up and house trained!