that's awesome about the skipping, Mana! it's amazing how it's possible for kids to mentally break down physical skills like that - DD5's dance teacher has always said that's where talent really lives - in their minds. congratulations to your DD!

and my thing today is that DD5 just drew a very realistic sketch of her stuffed rabbit sitting on a fully 3-dimensional chair. my jaw literally dropped when she brought it in - the legs even show perspective and depth and sit in front of a horizon line! it's especially cool because she has spontaneously implemented our homeschool exploration of 3D shapes directly into her artwork without a single prompt from me. woot!

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