that's quick

I pre-enrolled her into kindergarten. Only 13 more years and she leaves for college. I really need to find out where the time has gone.

Bedtime twist

"I want to go to bed early...in the morning," she says with proper comic timing.

Base

She's only four and wearing a child's 11 shoe. She really does have my feet.

It's gonna be that kinda party

Thanksgiving was a weird blast since it went from less of having a Kid's table to just letting them turn the back bedrooms in my mother-in-law's house into a Lord of the Flies playground. Beds were stripped. Heads were bonked. Toys were found in strange places. But it's all good as long as nobody takes a plate of food into the warzone of screaming, racing preschoolers.

Is that a threat? No really, is that a threat?

"If you do that again, I'll take a raincheck!"

The Humble Child.

"This is my newest masterpiece."

new neighbors

There is a good sensation when a new family moves down the block with kids around the same age as mine. She's not quite old enough to head over on her own, but it's not a bad break to tag along with her. Just have to remember that I don't get a turn on the swing.