New Macaroni

At grosh today, in the mac n cheese section with Baby Girl.

She picked out her favorites: Scooby-Doo, Shrek, Sponge Bob.

Then she said, "I need the ARM macaronis!"

I asked her, probably three times, "WHAT? What kind are you looking for?"

Finally I figured out she was asking for ELBOW macaroni.

Banner Day

Yesterday was one of the best days we've experienced with Baby Girl, as far as behavior goes.

We ate at a restaurant for lunch and she sat very well, ate all her mac n cheese, colored on her kids menu, and was generally very pleasant.

She helped pick up toys.

She put on jammies without me asking her.

I told Kerrfunk that we musta been doing SOMETHING right the past 4 years! Or, we just happened to have a day when we were ALL on the same wavelength, which only happens as often as solar eclipses.

Guess we're approaching the 'parent-pleasing' years (ages 5-12ish)....then we go back to the fight for independence we experience from ages 2-4. But next time round....she'll be a teenager.

What's the number for that boarding school again?