little creatures

Ellen says: I got a lump in my throat when I saw these little creatures in our backyard. I learned that my eldest son, RJ, brought these tiny turtles.

He said that since Renz has fish for his pet and Rallione has chicks, then he'd rather get turtles for his pet. Oh my gosh! I can't imagine another animal going to be welcomed in our house. But then, I ended up laughing at RJ. Well, as mother of three boys, I need to get myself used to their whims and caprices. Yeah! I guess, I will be fine with these little creatures in the house. I just thought that "the more pets, the merrier."

So, then I asked them, "I just wonder now, what pet would your daddy Rinzo bring to our house when he comes back from work?" My kids answered abruptly with, "a tiger"! "Eeeeekkk!, my goosebumps!!!."

Renz' pet

Ellen says: I have been thinking about the reason behind my son, Rallione getting interested in having his own pet.

It's because his elder brother Renz has a small sized aquarium with lots of goldfish for his pet. Renz said that the sight and presence of fish in his room gives him great pleasure and tranquility.

Fish is the most interesting and soothing kind of pets, but they indeed are very delicate to take care of. However if you really love to raise fish as your pet just like Renz, then, it would be easy for you to take good care of it. No wonder, it's just too easy for Renz to clean the aquarium and change the water once a week. Of course, sooner or later, Rallione will learn to take care of his pet, too.

Ralliones' very first pets, "cuttie little chicks"

Ellen says: My five year-old son Rallione, had been asking me to provide him with chicks for his pets for about a month now, but I kept on saying: "No chicks! Chicks will mess up our garden." "No chicks! and that's final". It came to pass that each night Rallione would pray for chicks and each morning he would get disappointed when he would not see chicks waiting for him outside.

One day, I was busy peeling potatoes for dinner and he was sitting on the floor next to my feet asking me for a thousand times, "why won't you let me have chicks for my pets?" "Maybe, I may change my mind someday," I encouraged him. "No, you won't, and I will not have chicks in a million years,"he blurted out crying. I stooped down at him and stared at his dirty, teary-eyed face and said to myself: "How could I reject my little angel's persistent wish?"

So in the end, I told him: "Okay! I'll bring home some chicks for your pets tomorrow." With what I said, right away, Rallione jumped up and reached me to give me a big bear hug and a smuck.