Copious Spare Time

Larkin and I finally finished the dress we were making. Luckily, I got a ludicrously large size a year and a half ago when we began the project. Next time, I'm going to have a little more say in the complexity of the pattern.

One of our couches has been re-designated as horse stables. There are three sections and the kids throw pillow cases over the back as saddles and bring along shoe laces as reins as they gallop off on missions of great daring and rescue. Finn informed me that the three horses were Bronco, Robot and Bruto.
Last night, Finn was watching Larkin play computer games. There is sometimes a bit of conflict over prime real estate in front of the screen... when they get excited they lean forward and block the screen from the other's view. In this instance, Larkin hit Finn when he got in her way. Finn, rather indignantly, exclaimed "Why did you hit me?! I love you!" Larkin sounded quite chastened when she replied: "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have hit you. I should have asked you to move." Conflict resolution in action, man.