...when your 5 y/o is making a secret list. a list that is multifariously characterized as "private", "exclusive" and now apparently "classified". the nature of this list cannot be revealed, but she works on it a little every day, looking things up in the dictionary as she goes. i am given to understand that it is important to ensure that the list can be read by others... even though, as a classified document, it actually won't be.

and yes, i am prepared to eventually receive a redacted version. the kid loves a Sharpie.

Every Sunday it brooded and lay on the floor. Inconveniently close to the drawing-room door.