Kindergarten is the most splendid invention in the history of child-kind. I was worried that drop-offs would be like they were in pre-school, but it has been like whipped cream. I have to ask for a hug before she goes running off to find her friends in the morning. They have outdoor 'precess' that we drop them off at, and she's either merrily ( Read more... )

Guppy is the sweetest kid imaginable. She has been giving me pictures and stories 'to cheer me up for Norway being gone ( Read more... )

In human years, being a Newfie, Norway would be 96 now. He's had a long, beautiful life, and chased many squirrels and barked at many moose ( Read more... )

Guppy bounced out of her first day of Kindergarten declaring that she had fun, and that she had done everything the teacher asked. Except sing. But everything else. And she liked the teacher. And she didn't make friends, but she did talk to other kids, and some of them might become friends (she didn't remember any names), and she was hungry and ( Read more... )

Aging pets are hard. Just, hard ( Read more... )

Poor Guppy did not appreciate being left at preschool this morning and chased me to the door in tears. The teacher is awesome about lifting her up and letting her wave through the window and getting her calmed down. I'm expecting a leveling up event of some sort, but it could also be that she went to sleep a little late last night ( Read more... )

Some mornings, this getting up early to write thing works better than others. This morning? The giant dog ate my yogurt while I was trying to convince Guppy that it was still early and she could pretend to go back to sleep... (which has not worked in the slightest)

My dog smells like roses and feels like a baby duck ( Read more... )

My genius continues! I am on portrait #1760, and chugging through the portraits. Will I finish in January? Hopefully! (But somewhat unlikely... there are still a LOT left to do.) When I can't stand checkboxes any longer, I poke at programming and taxes. I have finished an incomplete bit of the claim code that lets me hold a portrait for a specific ( Read more... )

The house is very strangely quiet for a Sunday. Monsterus minimus, after days of resisting naps, was acting tired SUPER early, and went quietly to sleep without fuss. She's also eating like a hollow thing, so I'm wondering if we won't see her shoot up another two inches over the next couple of days ( Read more... )