Took Ellie to Mass today for the first time in ages.  It did not result in an epic family meltdown the likes of which the world as previously seen (twice).  Success.

In other news, I couldn’t figure out why, every time Ellie gets access to a ball point pen, she always puts it in her mouth like a dog.  Until I caught myself helping her to the potty today with a pen in my mouth and realized THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I DO WITH A PEN EVERY TIME SHE INTERRUPTS ME IN A WRITING TASK.  Ooops.