RIP

Mr. Shanks
12/25/2007 - 8/29/2009

(The first date was when Little R. received Mr. Shanks as a Christmas gift.)

Our beloved fish, you brought many hours of joy to Little R. as he watched you swim and learned a bit of responsibility feeding you.

How did Little R. take Mr. Shanks' death?

In stride. He was playing Wii when we figured out Mr. Shanks was going to need to be flushed. We told him, he paused the game, used the net to fish him out, dumped him in the toilet, flushed it and said, "Goodbye, Mr. Shanks" and promptly walked out of the bathroom and started playing Wii again. The entire mourning period lasted no longer than 2 minutes.

See previous post about Mr. Shanks here. Yes, he lived THAT long after we COMPLETELY thought he was going to die.