So I'm over at CtrlAltTabby's house and her daughter and mine are playing while we're playing L5R. For a while they're rescuing cats and people, and then Kate vanishes into Cassandra's room. A little while later Cassandra comes out saying that Kate is hiding from her evil daddy ( Read more... )

Just finished reading Chapter 26 of the Half Blood Prince to Kate. Arguably one of the most frightening chapters in the whole series. And she's fine, I think. She snuggled into bed after imitating Dumbledore asking Harry for water (her allergy medicine substituting for the potion that was guarding the Horcrux ( Read more... )

A year and a half of complaining has paid off! Bus 9 will no longer be picking up the kids for Emerson. Bus 4 will.

Yay! I like the driver on bus 4 better, and she's actually on time or early.

Oh, yeah, and Kate starts back to school today.

I'm at about the mid point of the busiest two weeks of the summer for me ( Read more... )

Katie's taking Swimming lessons this summer. Yeah, I could probably teach her, but I really don't like to go to public pools. Not for cleanliness issues, but for crowd and noise issues. She's the oldest in the class I chose, but I think that's good for her, actually. The other classes at that time are generally toddler/mom n tot classes, though ( Read more... )

Still no pictures. She's okay with the flash, she just won't cooperate for a good picture ( Read more... )

Welcome Wanderess Kira, our new kitten. Or, more specifically, Katie's much delayed Easter Present (needed to wait until the kittens were old enough to leave their mother ( Read more... )

For the second time in as many weeks, the phone has been stuck to my daughter's ear for over an hour.

NaNo: I'm still way behind in my word count. Note for next year: Character Backgrounds do not a good NaNo make ( Read more... )

Nothing Journal worthy of late, though I have been working more on pictures. Haven't uploaded any in a while, though I may do a bit of that today ( Read more... )