Today I took Avery to Kindergarten Orientation – which she insists on calling OREO-tation, despite being corrected. Because we may not know much about the education system, but we DO know our cookies around here. It’s all about priorities, folks.

We managed to work through the great backpack debacle of 2008 and found a backpack that did not make me pour bleach in my eyes. What design won my daughter’s heart, you ask? Why, a cupcake decal, of course! Because while we DO love our princesses, baked goods come first in our family, my friends. PRIORITIES.

Last year in London (Ontario, not England) Avery became fast friends with a little girl in her class who was petite and girly and so adorable I was tempted to put her in my pocket and take her home many times. (Don’t get me wrong, no one takes the place of my own girl, but this child was so petite I literally could put her RIGHT IN MY POCKET. You’ve gotta admit, that makes it tempting.) When we moved we promised we would send a letter once we were settled and we still intend to keep that promise. Of course we didn’t know that it would take us THREE MONTHS to finally move into our own permanent place. Avery loved to play with little A, but she also dearly loved to chase A’s brother G around on the playground after school.  It developed into a seriously intense obsession crush and she looked forward to playing with both of them after school each day. And now, three months later, what do we hear about every day? The love letters she is going to write to G, how much she misses G, all the things she needs to tell G about her new house, with nary a mention of her once-BFF A.  The girl is lovesick!  Because girlfriends are nice, but girlfriends’ older brothers are waaaay nicer!

Short list of Very Important Things in Life: sugary snacks and boys.

Why, hello teenage hormones! You seem to be about 5 or 12 or 37 years too early!