I'm trying to keep an eye on what's good, what's working, how and why its working. And I'm mostly writing to my future children, future admissions officers, and my future self. So....

MY KIDS ARE PERFECT AND BEST! There, now we're all clear. I used to tell the children: All mommies think their babies are the cutest best babies. But MY babies are actually the cutest and the best.

Oooh, this offends my daughter so much. "MOM!!" she says, very stern and fierce. :D