Farm kid mode has been activated as of yesterday and my knees are not huge fans, but it is what it is! S is ~75% done with demoing the planters in the back and I've been chipping away at getting stuff into the dumpster, stuff out of the shed. Stuff, I suppose, eventually given away on Buy Nothing Pages. That's a dangerous game, but also: it's a lot of hauling around.
The girls (L and her neighbor friend) spent the afternoon horsing around in the sun while I did the aforementioned hauling. I'm glad she has the opportunity to do that (unstructured dramatic play with an older sibling type person), and I'm glad they've calmed down around asking me to play with them. It's been a hard no lately for various reasons: if I play with you you are less likely to develop the developmentally-appropriate skills needed for Life than if you play with your peer and Work It Out On the Dance Floor...although I suppose mileage may vary with that because we're assuming gross neurotypicality on everybody's parts.
Tomorrow is the first day of the school year. She's excited! I'm excited - and worried! She has her outfit picked out. Bluey shirt, racing stripe pants, and a request for reverse French braid pigtails.
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