It's time...

to register Phoebe for pre-kindergarten in September, which involves collecting together various important documents that prove where we live and that we are indeed the parents of said Phoebe.

Emily is helping out by explaining to Phoebe what she can expect. This morning on the way to school she was extolling the virtues of the teachers there and telling Phoebe what she'll be learning. "First of all they'll show you how to write your name and then you'll learn how to write other important words like Mummy and... "

Here I allow myself a brief nostalgic reverie, remembering the first time Emily wrote my name, which is somewhat spoiled when she continues,

"...Fish!"

"Mummy and Fish." Absolutely great. Seven years of non-stop care and attention, and I still rank somewhere below cold-blooded vertebrates in the overall scheme of things. Good to know...