Mila is the best.

My sweet little Mila is reading a book out loud to us. She is such a wonderful girl. Bjorki had puppies the other day and Mila has been such a helper . . . I am excited for her to help train our new little Una and maybe do the Idaho Falls dog club together. I sure love my sweet sis.

Aaaaaargh!

Well, I spent seven hours yesterday helping Tallis clean his room. SEVEN HOURS! At least it's done. That kid just loves junk. Finally I told him, "If you treat your stuff like garbage, I will come in and throw it all away. Garbage belongs in the dump." I am so sick of getting him nice stuff and then for him to lose it, break it, stain it, or otherwise destroy it. The other day I couldn't find his shoes ANYWHERE. Finally we went to the store and bought another pair! During our room-cleaning session I found several wadded up single socks . . . I was almost ready to throw away all of our mateless socks from the sock basket. It is a good thing I hadn't gotten there yet.

On a more positive note, he is getting really good at the piano and is doing very well in school. So maybe I am overreacting. But still . . . seven hours!?!