Rowan has gone to bed without "pull-ups," night-time diapers for older kids (she's 3), for the past 4 nights now and has awoken dry every morning. Since we neglected to go the rubber-sheet route, I'm still waiting for that other shoe to fall.

I did it again - getting all up in Berit's mug about counting money. It is frustrating, you know. Even her kindergarten teacher says she won't go down certain paths with the kids. After we worked it out, I told Berit we could work on counting the change I have in my pocket when I come home at night, and if she counts it correctly then she gets it. She liked this idea.