Okey dokey

For those of you who start to anxious when a week goes by without a post, just want to reassure that all is well. Dayssi had labs this morning to check her counts, we'll hear about the result later today but we expect them to be relatively high at this point. Both girls have the sniffles but nothing is slowing anyone down. We had a fun busy weekend -- saw a horse show and went swimming yesterday with Liz, Reed and family. India swims self sufficiently and Dayssi is jumping off the board and swimming in the deep end with floaties, experimenting without floaties in the shallow water. She starts swim lessons in a few weeks (health permitting) and we are all very excited about that. The girls went to Great America on Saturday with Jim and our friend Christopher (aka "the toe eater"), so I had a few hours to lie around and DO NOTHING. Heavenly.

India starts kindergarten on Monday. It is hard to believe at one level but at another level, not hard at all. She is so ready. Yesterday when Liz called me in the morning and Jim and I were still in bed, India picked up the phone and carried on a conversation, telling Liz "Perhaps if you are in town today we could get together." At the time India took the call she was in the kitchen making breakfast for herself and Dayssi; the menu included toast with butter and orange juice with bubble water. During the preparations, Dayssi discovered a tupperware container with mini Tootsie pops inside, and when she showed India and asked, "Do you want one?" India said "No, I'm not going to have one, but you go ahead." Huh? India reported this story with pride, having respected our "dessert day" rule when Dayssi just couldn't, but I suspect this was also a set-up: she also likes the fact that she gets dessert today, on dessert day, but Dayssi doesn't, since she took candy when she wasn't supposed to.

The girls have no school this week so we're planning some end-of-summer adventures. We will keep you posted.