But I wish she hadn't learned the Croc-O-Crunch theme song. "Croc-O-Crunch for the hungry bunch, it's the one we munch" is an insidious earworm.

Dear Mary ( Read more... )

The contractors just finished working on the new pool. There are times I'm glad to be married to a rich man; so many custom requests are shrugged off because "the rich are just eccentric." Never mind that I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood.

Now, if the world would just calm down long enough so that I could get to work in the pool....

If he didn't insist on these ... back when Mary was still breastfeeding, Babs had occasionally entertained the thought of what would happen if Batman called during mealtime. Unfortunately, it was a short performance; his reaction would've still been, "Oracle. Status report ( Read more... )

Babs would've fed Mary herself, but the youngest Grayson is (unsurprisingly) insistent that she be allowed to feed herself. So instead of being cuddled in her mother's arms for dinner, Mary is very proudly sitting in her high chair and delicately picking up English peas, popping them one by one into her mouth. Every once in a while she breaks ( Read more... )

Oracle's internal clock is lying to her. When she checks the clock display on her screen, she knows that it's been less than half an hour since she spoke to Nightwing, but subjective time is, by its very nature, deceptive. It's only been hours, not days, since she's seen her daughter in person. It's only been hours, not weeks, since Light first ( Read more... )

I want to send sputum cultures and blood samples to Mid-Nite, Brainiac-5, Mr. Terrific--anyone.

I want to call Diana and demand if this is the best Artemis can do.

I want to find whoever cooked this up and make him pay for what he's done.

I want to crawl into a corner and howl for a few hours.I hold her, and it's all she can do to keep breathing ( Read more... )

( Oracle's eyes only )

Dick is supposed to be resting. I have ordered him to rest, which works exactly not very well at all, as anyone who knows him can tell.

Mary, however, has decided that her father should be spending his time with her instead. Poor man.

Tomorrow's Mary's birthday. I can't believe it's been a year. Sometimes it feels like she just slid out into the world yesterday. Other days, it seems like she's always been a part of our lives ( Read more... )