I see Ada holding two shiny discs, which I assume are leftover Chuck E Cheese tokens from Helena’s fourth(?) birthday.

Dad: “What is that?”

Ada: “Butter keeps”

Dad: “What are they?”

Ada: “Butter keeps”

Dad: “Butter keeps?”

Ada shows me that she’s holding two bottle caps.

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Liam cried today at Minneapolis Kids and at breakfast because he missed mom. He is still enjoying himself at soccer.

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When the kids came to school today, I was at a meeting in the media center – on the other side of campus from my room. So she led Liam and Eddie on an excursion to find me, asking adults for help on the way. Once she found me, she said that next she was going to ask the office to call me over the speakers.