I'm almost a half hour late this morning, but I'm smiling about it. Why?

Because the reason I'm late is that Penny decided to sleep in until 6:20. After a perfect, uninterrupted night.

Ahhhh...

And to top it, she was pretty good all morning, too. She didn't want to get dressed, but that's hardly news. And once I'd wrestled the outfit onto her, she actually stood still so I could snap the back and bottom. And when I asked her to pick up the mess she'd made in the kitchen, I had to repeat myself about a hundred times, but I didn't have to put on the Mean Mommy voice at all.

And after we'd cleaned up, she wanted to play Penny In The Middle (which is actually a circle-game they play at daycare that she likes a lot) about twelve times in a row, and then she wanted to go upstairs to see Matt, who was just getting out of the shower - but she didn't whine when I insisted she bring me her cup to be rinsed out before we went upstairs, and she waited for me instead of rushing up the stairs on her own.

So, all in all? Extra-cute Penny today. I hope the cuteness lasts through the weekend for her party and Jill's visit.

But, y'know. She's two. (Or will be.) I expect a mix.

I solved my writing dilemma.

The dilemma was: I kept coming up with idea after idea after idea for K.T.'s world, for her story, but I couldn't seem to think of anything that I wanted to write.

So I've decided I'm going to take a stab at writing something set in her world.

I haven't decided quite what, yet. I've narrowed it down to three concepts that I want to play with. But I'd rather have too much to choose from than not enough, y'know?

I think it's going to be a good day.

--Liz