Babysitting For The Mouse Family

Yesterday we did a lot of painting.

Pictures:
And whiskers on each other's faces:
Paige feels so big doing stuff like that.

They both had a gigantic fit in the morning. Paige did because I wouldn't obey her order to retrieve her undies from the bedroom. I told her she didn't ask very nicely, and that she's big enough to go get them anyway. So then it was a battle of wills. She cried and wailed for a good half hour that I "usually make her happy". I told her to go get her undies herself and then just decide to be happy. She rolled around at my feet, sobbing, and saying "But people can't just be happy by theirself!" Pretty soon she really yelled at me and had to go to her room. After a minute or two she came out quietly. I could hear her sneaking up behind me, so I thought she was going to say sorry. But I turned around and she was hugging a framed picture we keep in her room, of Jess holding her when she was born. She looked at it with tears in her eyes and said softly, "Daddy always makes me happy." Haha.
I can't remember what Cason's fit was about. I probably had to take his sword away or something after he hit Paige.

They were both happy and affectionate again by the time Jess came home for lunch though.

He got this minute and a half or so long hug.
Paige was not to be outdone.

Oh, Lily, Paige got your message, and she is taking good care of your bear. The bear's been doing a lot of babysitting for Minnie and Mickey when they go on "dates for a long long time."
The dates just involve Minnie and Mickey sitting by the fireplace. They're probably supposed to be at the movies.