Newest Member of the Family

A couple of weeks ago, we welcomed a new member to our family. Her name is Lucy and she is Brooklyn’s new hermit crab. Brooklyn had been working to get a hermit crab for a while. She worked very hard to have good behavior for awhile, so that she could get a pink hermit crab. When I took her to the mall to get a hermit crab, she fell in love with a gold crab. We opted for a pink cage. I thought she would be afraid to touch it, but she held it with no problems. As soon as she held the crab she said, “This is Lucy.” We brought it over to Mimi and Papa’s, while Mimi and I took Brooklyn to Mimi’s work party at the Zoo. Brooklyn was so funny about leaving Lucy. Papa was sick and Brooklyn walked in and said, “Papa will you crab watch Lucy, but don’t get her sick…k?” About 10 minutes down the road…on the way to the Zoo, Brooklyn insisted on calling Papa to check on Lucy. She is a really great hermit crab owner. The day after Lucy joined our family was Sunday. Brooklyn wanted to bring Lucy to church. I explained that we don’t bring pets to church. At that Brooklyn said, “That one boy brings his pet dog to church.” (We have a kid in our ward that has a service dog…he alerts people when the boy’s blood sugar is dangerously low…he’s a diabetic.) I had to explain the difference between service dogs and hermit crabs. She seemed ok with leaving Lucy home, but insisted that Lucy be allowed to come over to my house for dinner. Joel said that Brooklyn carried Lucy around in her cage the whole day before church and then she carried her around at my house that evening. Here’s a picture with Brooklyn holding Lucy at my house before dinner.