Lily's favorite new phrases are "okee dokee," and "umm . . . yes!"
Elsie was disappointed watching Backyardigans each time the villains lost,
Timmy walked up through a crowd of cheering kids, getting several high-fives along the way to collect a principals award for being a great helper,
Abby aced her first set of standardized tests,
While the rest of us cheered because we were out of school and work for a snow day, Kate cried sporadically through Friday morning because of all the things she wouldn't get to do at school,
Gina went through the trauma of getting Lily immunized (I've noticed, by contrast, that she seems to revel in my booster shots--she likes to bring up child birth at those times), and
