(This is P&B&B&B post #1111).

M has had an intermittent sore throat for a few days. She keeps asking us to get her a throat culture. (!) So this morning I took her to the doctor for a throat culture. Negative – no strep. I think it's so funny that she was the one hounding us, not the other way around. She just has a cold.

We dropped A off at school en route to the doctor. A got out of the car alone today, instead of with M as usual, and headed off up the stairs to where her class meets to go on. M looked after her, and sighed, and then said, "She's getting so grown up."

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Today was also M's first day of baseball. She's the only girl on the team, and she caught a lot of balls today! So exciting. She has a glove and everything.

[Update: I emailed the coach tonight, and here is what he said: "I thought Maddie was great. She played hard and held her own. I'm pleased she's on our team. I've seen a lot of weaker players at this stage than Maddie, so if that was her first time out, there's nothing to worry about."]

The girls have settled on the following Halloween costumes (for now):

 
I will let you guess who picked which costume.