Busy day. It's rained again today but not as much as it has been for the past week. There were even a few brief glimpses of sun. I think tomorrow is supposed to be rainy, too, but then it should clear up and allow for outdoor play once again. It doesn't seem like anyone is feeling stir crazy from being inside so much, and I think that's probably because this is the first stretch of being inside since last winter, and there have been so many fun things to discover and rediscover.

Cory took off most of the day because all of us (except Ella) went to the dentist this morning. Ella was not at all happy about me being in the dentist's chair and her not being able to be on it with me, but she cheered up toward the end of my brief check up. No cavities for the four of us. Accalia and Cole have yet to have any cavities discovered, and I'm very happy about that. Neither Cory nor I have spectacular teeth, so we're glad that so far Cole and Accalia seem to have good, healthy teeth. The unfortunate news for Accalia is that orthodontics are most likely in her future due to some crooked teeth and either an overbite or underbite (can't remember which). Our dentist usually starts looking seriously at that sort of thing around age 10 at th earliest, so there's time.

After lunch, Cory had to go to the prison's trustee unit here in Yankton so he could lead the final annual training session on suicide. By the time he got home, it was almost time for Accalia to go to art. She had a great time today. They moved into the new addition in back of the main studio and even had a photographer from the newspaper take pictures for something that will run in November.

Since Cory is delivering pizzas this evening, he stayed at home and had an early supper (and watched a sleeping Ella) while Cole and I dropped off Accalia at art and did a few errands. We had one book that was due at the library yesterday, and instead of just dropping it off Cole decided he wanted to go in and look for a few more books. So we did that, then ran to the dentist's office to return a finger puppet that Cory had accidentally taken home this morning. We made a quick stop at Goodwill to see if there were any fall or winter coats for Cole, but we came up empty there. Then we stopped at a downtown business so I could sign a petition for a recall election of our mayor and one city commissioner. Unfortunately the two petitions that were there had already been filled, so I'll have to do that another day.

Now that supper's over, we'll see what the rest of the evening brings. I'm trying to pick up a little more in our office/playroom/music room/little bit of everything room.