Well, this is interesting

A woman frustrated at the difficulty she had finding children's decor that, you know, looked like her kids (and anthropomorphic animals only get you so far) finally up and started her own company.

Of course, it doesn't matter how cute the growth charts are (and they are quite cute!), $50 is a bit much. Click the link anyway, jedirita!

And the embellishing on the t-shirt may be the cutest thing in the world, but if it's on a white t-shirt it's still going to get painfully stained within three minutes and be suitable only for inside the house use.

So, in short: nifty idea, so-so execution. I can always order custom made stuff off of Etsy or do it myself. (We do need an actual growth chart.)

Evangeline's counting is proceeding apace.

We baked cookies for Ana's teachers yesterday, and gave her main teacher two books (Cookies and Christmas Cookies, if you're curious - a bit of a splurge, but first year teaching in a new school? She's got to need to stock that library. I donated to the gift fund as well, so I think I'm covered!)

There were plenty left over for us, so today I packed four in Ana's lunch, explaining carefully (like she listened!) that one was for her and three were to share with her friends. "But there are 23 kids in my class!" "Yes, but you can only share with three of them. Deal."

That left three in the little container.

After breakfast, Evangeline asked if she could have some. Yes, I said, right after lunch. And looking in the box, without counting, she went "I can have two and you have one, right?"

I was so tickled I hugged her and agreed. Then later I realized I got totally played, because, hey, she's the child! I should get two! She should get one!

But I can reach the cookies stashed on top of the fridge...!

( Evangeline's daily lunch )

( For parity, a cute Ana-cdote )