The Boy has a new friend.

The Boy got a pet!  He is so excited.  We were out one night on a random coffee adventure and wound up in Pet Smart.  We were going to let The Boy play with some puppies.  Well they were fresh out and so he explored the store... he found the fish and fell in love.  Who knew that owning a fish got so much more involved than it used to be.  I asked the lady for a gold fish and a simple glass bowl.  Wrong question!  I thought she was going to pull out an adoption application and ask me if I was a smoker!  Turns out you have to have a heater, H-VAC system, medic on staff, and a college fund to have one of those things.  Long story short we finally left there with a Beta and more equipment than I had intended to get.  We got home and followed the intensive three day process of welcoming "Dorothy" (that is what The Boy named her) to her new home.  Now every morning The Boy screams out of his room yelling "Dor" "Dor".  We feed her twice a day and it is an event.  I love how excited he is with the whole process.  He often goes over and scoots his stool over so he can see what "Dor" is doing.  Its the little things!  On another note we recently had a family friend die.  This guys obituary ready like a great adventurer's life.  Ski rescue, sail boat captain in the Atlantic, adventure sport racer... but I marveled at what seemed to be his greatest achievement and what seemed to have brought the best part to his life... his children.  He seemed to say from the grave... "soak it up"!  I intend to Tod.