Hello all.  Hope the fall is going well.  With a global financial crisis brewing, I figured it would not hurt if I contributed to the US GDP.  So, I have spent the past few weeks trying out a few ways to make an extra buck. 

I tried to be a race car driver.  “Hold on there Brookie”.   VROOOMMM!

But no matter which car I tried, I just could not get the pedal to the metal.

Living by the beach, I figured being a lifeguard would be a great fit. 

However, rather than keeping an eye out for people in need of help, I spent all my time chasing the seagulls …

and looking for crabs.

There are other ways to be around water besides lifeguarding.  For example, I tried plumbing but had trouble with this clog… and may have caused it.

I had the great fortune of seeing one of my favorite celebrities… animal expert Jeff Corwin

It got me thinking.  Maybe I can be an animal expert.  Here are a few animal imitations.

When I see this picture, I think the goose says “boo”

Well none of those attempts worked.  So I tried for a quick hit at Jeopardy. 

Luck is not my game either.  What about driving an ice cream truck?  A kid’s dream!  Unfortunately, Brooke and I did not do to well.  We kept eating the ice cream.

I could be a landscaper like Uncle Jason.  There is a ton of fall clean-up work.  The bananas falling from the trees keep messing up my leave piles.

I could be an artist like Mimi.  Here I am working at it with Stevie P.

Check out my first masterpiece. 

I am always up to date with sports so perhaps I could be a sports announcer. 

Or I could leverage my blog expertise to move into computer programming.

Both of these were quite complex.  I figured babysitting could be easy enough.  But even a practice round with George did not go too well.

Well if I cannot take care of George, maybe I can be him.  So I tried one weekend.  Here I am with Mommy, Daddy, and Zane.

Here I am with Will, Beckett, and Fiona from the neighborhood.



Here I am with Jack and Emma from the neighborhood.



Here I am with Liam from MIT.



After all this trial and error, I finally found my passion.  Farming! 
Here is Brooke and I tending to the chickens

Here I am practicing my horse ride…

And here is Brooke practicing on Papa.

GramE is teaching me to ride a tractor ….

While Mimi teaches Zane to track a goat.  

“You got that Zane” says Papa.

We figured out milking a cow on our own.

“Tia, do you think we can be the best farmers of all time?”



“Let’s go Brooke.  We can do it if we stick together.”