HKG060: Fish Are Friends, Not Food

monica (gold) and chandler (black) checking out the new bing residence

here's the toddler version of the exercise wheel

q kickin' back with an orange and watching the going's on in the wet market

monkey in motion...her blisters are finally becoming callouses, and so she's back to perfecting her monkey-bar moves

flower in the apartment gardens

today, we mostly just hung out and kept quiet, but as promised, we did head down into the SOHO area to get fish at the street vendor quinn and i saw yesterday. we had a blast! not only did we pick up two new family members, but while we were picking them out and getting all of their accouterments, we met a cog. a cat dog. this "cat" wore a collar and was tied on a leash. he took one look at the three of us, and made a beeline for our knees. he kept going in circles, head butting each set of knees in hopes of a few scratches. he wasn't even scared of quinn. what cat do you know that's not scared of toddlers? i think we might head down there once in a while just to say hi to the cat!

so far, the fish are doing well. their names are monica and chandler. i have no idea what their genders are, but since we got them as a pair, i figured they should have the names of some famous couple. olivia has already renamed monica "gloria," but i am not adhering to this name change :-) one fish, monica (the gold one), is a nosey one...as soon as she sees someone come close to the tank, she swims to the side of the tank the person is on as fast as she can. chandler is quieter and, frankly, he worries me a bit. he's not swimming around as much as monica. i hope that he's okay and is just more laid back.

the only other big event for today was rain. it's been super humid the last two days, and today that humidity finally broke a little when it started raining. the house has been pretty sticky and uncomfortable without a/c, but not actually hot...hard to explain....it's just stuffy, and every time i touch one of the kids, i find them to be sticky. i tried to scratch livie's back for her today (she loves this), but it was nearly impossible because i have short nails and her skin was so sticky from the humidity.