RIP Emma

So, the five of us left on Friday morning for a weekend up in the mountains of New Hampshire. We stayed in Bartlett, NH, at the base of Attitash Mountain. We had an awesome time while we were there. It rained a little on Saturday morning, but that was fine with us because we were headed to Whale's Tail water park and figured if we were getting wet anyways, what was a little rain. By the time we had breakfast & packed up and got there, the rain had stopped, but it was still cloudy, which made it even better because the park was pretty much empty! We were there all day and had a flippin' blast.

Then yesterday we went to Storyland in Glen, NH, which is a fairytale based theme park for little ones (6 and under). The rides are little kid friendly and I've taken the kids there for the past 5 years. Other than the fact it was SUPER hot yesterday, the boys had an amazing time.

We got home around 1 pm today and sadly found our hermit crab, Emma, in a bad state. I went to check to make sure she still had water and food (I filled her up before we left on Friday) and she did, but she was laying in the corner out of her shell. As soon as I saw her like that I knew something was wrong. Because I didn't want to touch her slimy body, I made Chris pick her up and put her in her water, where she is still laying because we're going to have a proper burial tomorrow afternoon. We've had her for over two years and I feel terrible about it. Plus, my five year old started crying, so I ended up having to have "the death talk", which was pretty much the last thing I felt like doing after a long weekend away, but it had to be done. So, we're heading off to the flea market on Sunday to get a new hermit crab or two.