We decided that the kids were ready to take on some responsibility - I mean, one is 3 and the other is 10 months... so it's totally the appropriate time, right?
So they were each going to get their very own goldfish.
But before we bought the goldfish, we made our weekly trip to the library and I told Charly she needed to find a book on the proper way to care for her goldfish. She happily obliged, and made her way to the "how to" section to find the perfect book (her choices were limited to the two goldfish books they had in the entire library). Afterward, she thumbed through some more books and picked the ones she wanted this week (including a police book, a book about clocks, a book about ways to count to 100, and of course a book about the presidents), and was ready to check-out and go get her real goldfish.
As we were driving away from the library, we realized that the goldfish book was not in her bag, nor was it ever checked out. She had forgotten it on her reading table. How irresponsible was that, right? So I told her that since she couldn't even keep track of her library book, she was totally not responsible enough to take care of a goldfish.
OK - so you know that was a lie. Simmer down.
Truth - I totally accepted responsibility for her book not getting in her bag. I told her I should have double checked before we left (side note - I also lost one of Colty's shoes along the way too, but that bad-boy turned up inside the car somehow). She was super upset and wasn't sure how she was going to know how to feed her goldfish if she didn't have that book. Awww. Super cute.
So anyway - Meet our newest family members... wait for it...
President Kennedy (left) and Helen Keller (right).
I can't make this shit up.
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