Circle of Life

So, we recently bought a saltwater fish tank. The kids get such a kick out of it and its neat to see them learning all about the fun fish, coral, etc.
When we bought the tank, one of our crabs ended up grabbing one of the baby fish and eating it. Nathan saw this and it was his first experience seeing what I call "the circle of life". He wasnt too upset, but did say that we needed to "cut the crabs fingernails down" since they were too sharp and dangerous.....hahaha!! After that experience, everything was fine and we all thought that that would be the last time he had to see that.
Then, yesterday, Nathan and I were staring at the fish tank when we saw our big crab climb down on top of a snail. We didnt notice the snail was dead, but the crab pulled it out of the shell in front of Nathan and began to eat it. Poor kiddo has had to experience two "circle of life" occasions haha!!! Luckily, he now understands it as we have explained it in a way he could understand. The snail died, but luckily the crab can eat it, so the crab can live......

Oh the joys of teaching kids "the circle of life".

You can kind of see the crab in this pic, he is on top of a shell....this is the crime scene :  )

On a happier note, here is a pic of our newest additions to the tank, we added the blue fish along with one more baby Nemo......love love love them :  )