Classroom Pets

Story gets a lot of pets at her daycare. They have fish. They had chicks in a cage for a week. They've been watering plants. Now, they have bird eggs in an incubator. Ivy, understandably, is jealous.

She loves her class...but is really wanting to get a classroom pet. I told her she should ask her teacher if they can have one. And if they wanted fish, they could have our fish tank (which no fish has survived for more than a month in, but I'm hoping it's just me).

This was Ivy's conversation about it in the car....with herself:

Well, I could tell Mr. B that we need a pet, or ask him if we can get one. And they costs lots of money. We don't have a lot of money in our class. Like Abby was expensive right? Maybe something smaller would not cost as much monies.

But that would be hard on him. It would be a lot more responsibility, and he already has a lot of responsibility.Maybe he would say yes, though...and then if we gave him the fish tank he would only have to get some fish, and they aren't very expensive, right?

But I don't know where we would put it? It can't go on the computer table. The cubbies are all full. We can't put it in the housekeeping section. No way it would fit in the reading corner. We could make room for it somewhere, but then where would Mr. B put the stuff we moved? He really needs a bigger room.

But then, Mommy? How would we feed the fish when we were gone on the weekends? And in the summer? The poor fish will starve. And if we go to a new class next year, do the fish go with us? Even if they haven't gone through a whole year? And would that be fair for Mr. B to keep them for a new class?......and on and on and on.....

Gee, do you think she's got control issues?