Happy Friday!

Just some thoughts quickly before I make dinner. You may have noticed a whole new slideshow at the top of my blog. I spent some time downloading new photos to the slide.com web site and made a new one to post here. Most of them have not been edited yet, but I thought it would be better than you waiting umpteen years to view them. So, there they are in the raw. It includes pics from the pumpkin patch and carving pumpkins. I didn't upload everything I had on my computer. I would've been here all day. (Well, I was just with the 140+ pics that I did add). Anyway, enjoy.

New "Dakota-isms":
The other day, our friends Dave and Rhonda Ebel were over for dinner. A discussion came up of what they wanted to be when they grew up. Brooklyn said "a ballerina or an artist or maybe an animal saver", Makenna said, "a singer/dancer", and Dakota said, "a Barbie". (Wouldn't all of us gals want to be a "Barbie" when we grow up?) I didn't have the heart to tell her she'd have to lose her chubby belly. She's proud of her belly.

Brooklyn caught a tiny minnow in a nearby pond. We got rocks, plants, and some brothers and sisters (10 cent goldfish from Wal-mart) for it to go in the little aquarium. We had 7 goldfish total a few weeks ago. Today we only have 4 left, plus the minnow. We found the 3rd dead fish this morning. I scooped it up into a cup and headed for the bathroom. Dakota wanted to help, but first she looked at it. "Mom," she said, "It looked at me!" (You know how fish float on their sides with their big dark eye "staring" up at you?) I had to laugh! She cracks me up. She flushed it down...after all, all toilets lead the the "ocean".

Have a Happy Friday and a good weekend!