Re-united again!

Jonah and his fishi are re-united again!

Well, it is not his original fish. We searched literally the world for this fish! We found a store in Australia that still sells the fish but they won't ship internationally.
I put a post up on Craigslist and somebody responded that her son has 3 fish and she wants to let me know if one of those is Jonah's. Of course, it wasn't.

I searched on Craigslist Florida. Chicago. Utah. Los Angeles. Phoenix. New York. I found one fish! The lady sold the fish in a lot with other Lamaze toys and I asked her if she would only sell the fish. She responded that she had bad luck with selling something in mailing the item so she's hesitant now. Plus, she does not have paypal.How I intended to send her money?
Well, the lady never responded again after she said she would go to the post office to inquire about the shipping cost...

I wrote an email to all my Mom friends to see if anybody has a fish or their playdates might have. No luck here.

I wrote an email to all the parents at Olivia's preschool and a few responded wishing me good luck in finding a 'wishie' and one parent even offered me another lamaze toy for free just to make Jonah happy again!

Chris finally found a fish on 'frimp.com' something like craigslist that I have never heard of. This lady with the fish lives in New Hampshire and she tried to cancel the ad because her boys did not want to get rid of the fish....Chris mentioned our sad fish story and she said that she will find out if her boys are really attached to the fish.

It turned out that the boys could easily let go of their toy and Chris paypaled the lady money and two days later we held a new fish in our hands!

The fish was nicely wrapped in paper and had a bow...but I could hear the fish's sounds when I wiggled the packet so after 2 long weeks we finally had a wishie again!!

When we gave Jonah this package in the evening, Olivia helped untie the bow and Jonah ripped the paper apart. He exclaimed: 'My wishie! My wishie! Danke, DANKE, Mama!'....and that was it. He held the fish for a few seconds, then put it away on the couch and continued playing with the other toys...

And this is how the story ends.
The fish was his life for so long, he lost it, we looked all over the place for a replacement and once we got it, Jonah could not care less.

Oh well, at least, we tried!