Kate on flavor

Kate (pretending to be a chef, serves her mother – a food critic – a new dish): This is "Quesadilla dipped in Kateness."

Food critic: Kateness?

K: Kateness is really yummy. It tastes like sea salt.

Kate on the weather

Kate (observing that today's temperature was a comfortable 75): It's cool today. And I mean the cold kind of cool. The other kind is like rock on!

Pictures of Jane explanation

Some have questioned why we have featured a disproportionate amount of Jane pictures lately. Quite frankly, it's because she moves the slowest.

Jane picture update

Jane's parents love her, even when she has a hard day. When she's feeling particularly spent, they pick her up and comfort her. But first they grab the camera.

When the dog isn't in her kennel, Jane expresses concern that the soft blanket and space are going to waste. Then she climbs in and closes the door behind her.



Getting to play outside is fun, unless you don't get a turn with the camera. Then it's pretty miserable.



So is Jane really a sad little girl? No. We just put up the more interesting pictures. And besides, when she's happy, she runs away from the camera.

Magic or not?

Dad has been debating with Kate for some time over what constitutes actual magic. Making M&Ms disappear used to be magic, but Kate doubts the validity of that claim these days. Grandaddy sending M&Ms to her via video chat from his library in Utah? Not magic; that's technology.

We reached a milestone this morning while dad was making chocolate appear in the milk already in Kate's glass. The exchange went something like this:

Dad: Voila! Now there is chocolate in your milk.

Kate: No, it was already there. I saw it.

D: It's magic or I take it away.

K [heaves a prolonged sigh]: Okay, it's magic.

Teach them young

Given half a chance to sit in dad's car, Jane goes straight for the driver's seat. Someday soon, she'll be tall enough to reach the clutch. Happy Father's Day.