Simday 29

A new week began with several husbands pitching in on domestic duties:

Clockwise, from top left: Tom goes grocery shopping, Leonardo puts them away while Alicia cooks, Nick repairs the bathroom sink as June mops up the mess, Adam and Magdalena put Isabella and Frederick to bed

At Sunrise Grocery, Tom ran into Angelique researching some gourmet ingredients for her latest recipe and invited her over in the spirit of "friendly" "neighborliness."

After a "friendly" dip in the hot tub, she seemed to make a "big" "impression" ("big" "impressions"?) on Jeffrey, too. Like father, like son...

The Srinathaphans had an up-and-down kind of day. Naomi was fired as editor of Sunrise Falls magazine for rewriting Sally O'Neill's column (instead of teaching the publisher's niece to do it herself). Fortunately, due to recent extensive layoffs throughout the journalism industry, she was rehired to write a new horoscope column for the magazine.

Vik converted his practice from personal injury to the much less sleazy family law, while their daughter, Kavita, became the neighborhood's first A+ student.

Whether it was Naomi's turbulent day or impending puberty for her 12-year-old, though, what should have been a congratulatory chat between mother and daughter turned into a disagreement over—surprisingly—studying.

Teenagedom is about to come to Sunrise Falls. But before that, a couple of other birthdays:

Spot (Richmond) became an elder, and the milestone was unfortunately marked by losing a fight to the mysterious and dangerous Baxter.

And Sue Turner grows up to become the spitting image of her sister, May. That's her sleeping parents in the background. Rumor is they're trying for another baby!