So, on my day (how boring!)

Basically, I came home last night, and attempted (unsuccessfully, due to several interruptions) to sleep. I needed that sleep, too. So I ended up letting the kid watch an extra episode of Backyardigans today (I usually let her watch one episode while I do her hair, which has cut our hair-doing down to under 22 minutes. Since it used to take as long as an hour (if she really didn't want me to do it), this is a good thing.) And because her hair was already braided, I skipped hair-doing as well, and half-napped for the 44 minutes or so this took.

And I feel bad for those 22 minutes she gets every day (or occasionally 44, if I find myself at the end of the day with 22 minutes to kill and no energy to start something potentially messy after we (she) just cleaned up). I feel bad that she watches it, bad that she enjoys it, bad that she *mimics* what she sees on that (admittedly quite cool) show. I feel *good* when she imitates something she found in a book, even one I think is pure brain candy for the toddler set, and *bad* when she copies something from a show I think is nothing but good (if short on outright didacticism). How odd.

I awake from my nap only slightly refreshed, but at least able to enjoy the day. Kinda.

Well, I didn't pull my hair out from the roots.

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Weird, weird kids...

First, check out this picture of Seth and his brother. Yes, Seth is attempting to nurse his brother. It's very cute. It's beyond cute. It's outright adorable.

You're going to see a similar picture soon enough when I get this stuff developed and scanned into the computer - today I just managed to snap a picture of Ana pretending to nurse off of her baby sister.

Ana *is* a weird little kid. You know how in Family Circus, they have "Not-Me" who does all the bad things? And how *normal* kids, when caught doing something they know they're not supposed to do, will claim it was their imaginary friend? Yeah. Ana, instead, will admit that she did whatever-it-was, but claims that since she isn't Ana, but is instead Superman, then she doesn't know better and, therefore, shouldn't be held responsible for wreaking havoc.

Try having an intelligent conversation with a kid who keeps insisting "I not Ana. I not know better. I SUPERMAN!" at you. Just try.

(I'd tell more Seth anecdotes, but they're lacking, and the one with him locking his brother in the car is *scary*, not funny)