The Thirteen Highlights Of My Thirteen Hour Workday

1. The best buckwheat pancakes I've ever eaten, with homemade blueberry syrup. "That's yucky. I won't eat it," says Amélie.
2. "Elizabif! I have to pee!" Amélie scurried across the kitchen, then stopped abruptly in front of the table. "Oh, no. I'm peeing." A sizeable puddle was visible around her feet.
3. Impromptu bath time for Amélie.
4. The location is the Yellow Springs Public Library. Amélie is playing computer, her tiny ears hidden by panda bear-shaped headphones. These invariably cause her to speak in a voice that is inappropriately loud for daily life, let alone a freaking library. "ELIZABIF. I PEED ON THE CHAIR."
5. Bath time (from the belly down) #2 for Amélie.
6. Noon: "Ravioli is poopy poopy pee-on-you," says Kai. None of us finished our lunch.
7. "I hate ice cream. Just kidding, I love it. Did I trick you, Elizabeth?"
8. Amélie, speaking to her wallet, which she is having trouble zipping: "Do I always have to be SO difficult with you?"
9. "Elizabif, remember this morning when I peed my pants? Ah haha ha!" How could I forget.
10. "Elizabeth, you're asleep." "Mnnn nm nmnm, nma." "What?" "I said, 'No, I'm not, Kai.'" "What?" "No, I'm NOT, Kai." "Haha, I made you say it THREE times!"
11. "Elizabeth, am I giving you a headache?"
12. "Elizabeth, that was only THREE seconds of crazy time. You said we get TEN." Kai counts on his fingers. "That means we get TWELVE more. Because TWO plus TWELVE equals TEN."
13. "Um... Elizabif?" "Yes, Amélie?" "Um.... uh..." "Yes, Amélie?" "I love you."