Back to the grind today. M woke up with a slight fever – 100.5 – so she stayed home from school. She had a relaxing day of reading books, watching TV, and waiting to go pick up A at school. When that time came, she went to school with Imogene and got to see her teacher. M learned that her whole class "went on yellow" today during lunch because they were so chatty.

A, meanwhile, had a good day of school, but (upon prompting) missed M.

One of A's favorite activities: making funny faces at herself in the mirror. She can do this for hours.

Tonight we took a vote as to which fancy cupcakes Mommy should try to make for the first meeting of the mother-daughter book club. The options were: crocodile, sunflowers, billiard balls, or aliens. We all voted – each of us got two votes – and sunflowers won. They look like this:

I have no voice, due to a chest cold, and am enjoying not speaking tonight. Aaaah.

Tomorrow I am sure M will go back to school. Happy early new year!