Thanksgiving

We had a nice Thanksgiving spent with family. Everyone contributed and we had a delicious feast!

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When I Grow Up

Today Brooke announced with certainty "Mom, I know what I want to be when I grow up!" I was sure she was going to say the usual ballerina teacher or sommier but no, she went on to say that she would like to be a newspaper delivery person or a doctor. I told her she could certainly do both! Like many discussions we needed to act on these words right away! Luckily, we had a legit delivery since we received some mail that didn't belong to us. Brooke informed me that she needed to deliver it herself and by bike although it was already dark out. So after I was "healed" by this doctor I watched her first delivery to the neighbors, Michael and Lesley. They played along so well and even gave Brooke a tip for a job well done!

Sad news... kinda

Today, Ellie the birthday fish, died. We only had her for one week. She was a cute little black fantail goldfish. I was certain it was going to be tough on Brooke but as Bob suggested we just won't make a big deal of it. So we told Brooke "Ellie got sick last night and died. Should we bury her or flush her?" Brooke said, "Let's flush her but I don't want to watch." Then we discussed whether a fish can get to heaven via a toilet and we opted to call the pet store to see if they had a special place for Ellie. So off to Petco to deliver the coffin and an hour later we were home with a new fish. Meet Joe!

Joe is getting along just fine with his fish friends, Chelea and Kim! He too loves the new colorful cave Brooke purchased with birthday money from Aunt Joyce and Uncle Ouie (Uncle Ted).