On A Claire Day by Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett for June 21, 2009

Name: grown child Skill: emptying your refrigerator

Name: Max Skill: feline roadblock and shower-singer

I have a Lulu, a Harry, and a Josie; I call mine Tristan, Monty (as in Monty Python), and Ashton.

Name: Suzy Skill: fitness trainer, motivates you to take daily walks

Name smudge: Skill: sitting on the book you are trying to read

Name: Moxie Skill: paper shredder and disposer of anything (edible or non) that hits the floor.

Name: Tuon Skill: Fearless bug hunter

Name: Rowdy(RIP) Skill: shoe taster