Odds and ends

There is a new sign on the wall outside of Lucy's class that says, "I am ANGRY when my little sisters don't be nice to me!"

Josephine says, "Puzzle me, Mommy!"

And Margaret...

Margaret has gone to the doctor three times in the past week for a mysterious rash that, of course, completely disappeared the morning of her appointment with the highly coveted specialist. "You could have canceled this appointment," he noted. Really? And miss this conversation?

On her own, without her side-kicks, Margaret is a timid little bunny. She clings to my side in the doctor's waiting room, her hair tucked under my chin. She observes other people with wide eyes. It's hard to believe she's the same girl who steals Lucy's wind-up mouse and then sticks out her belly and bellows, "Noooo!"