Child of the 2010s

"I hope I don't have a nightmare.  I had a nightmare that there was a gun and bullets.  I hid, so I didn't get dead.  All the kids have to hide.  Some kids didn't hide and they got bullets [insert list of kids who hid or didn't hide].  Teachers don't have to hide, they're magic.  They don't get bullets.  Kids aren't magic, they have to hide."

"I hope I dream about a unicorn, about riding a unicorn, and I ride the unicorn wherever it wants to go."

Giving Thanks

My first holiday without my little big girl.  I felt her absence, but I was okay.  And helped along by a jewish/french/korean extravaganza with lots of wine.  And dinner at North on Wednesday night.  If you visit Providence, eat at North, it's amazing.

And then LB and I hung out from Friday to Monday:

Playing and having a pre-holiday pastry:

A visit to the Children's Museum, which was fine but not entirely successful.  In unfamiliar situations, I realize how reticent LB is.  I think things would have gone better with a friend:

Followed by exhaustion:

The next day we went with a good friend to visit a good friend on a farm-with a horse, and cows, and chickens, and a fat cat named Hunter!

Then on Sunday, an improptu playdate at the park, and then the first night of advent: