Fishy Business

I caved and allowed big kid to get a facebook page. I know-the jury is still out on this-but once you walk through a door, you can’t very well walk back through it again. So if we made a mistake, you know I’ll be the first to holler. Mostly big kid is friends with family members, both parents, and some middle school cohorts and seems to be enjoying the virtual games. Seeing his status updates has been weird though. Even though I live with him and should know everything, it’s kinda neat seeing this different angle to who he is. So really my problem is not big kid on facebook (although I have been consciously monitoring my own status updates so as not to get a Puritan reprimand from him)-it’s lil brother who’s the pain. He’s pestering me to get on facebook too. Not gonna happen. So that means he’s always hovering over big kid's shoulder to see what’s happening in big kid’s virtual fish tank on facebook. It wasn’t until he reported this to me that I actually sat up and paid attention:

lil brother (very excited): De fishes make out! Den dey make de egg and DEN you get a baby fish! (a little sad) …But I only get to mate once a day…

OK-guess who has a facebook fish aquarium now??? MR B-of course. Because we didn’t sign up for all this mating/egg business. So Mr B is the Official FB Monitor now. So now when I get on facebook and see big kid’s fish tank postings-Mr B’s fish tank is right there also. And guess what Mr B is doing with his fish tank now??? …mating once a day!