Letters from Spillcatraz

The Mighty Spills continues to be incarcerated with the chicken pox. She is filling her time with a variety of activities including:

1. Insisting on making a salami and cheese sandwich from beginning to end without help, only dropping the knife on Mommy's foot once, and only smearing margarine on her sleeve, her sock, and her hair. (Somehow manages to use three plates in the process.)

2. Giving people the peace sign and saying, "Two, ya dig?"

3. Noting that Sanjaya "was born in all countries and can speak all languages."

4. Bashing Mommy accidentally in the head with an alarm clock while trying to wake Mommy up, and then sobbing, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

5. Noting that Mommy took too long while grocery shopping, then beatifically adding, "But I forgive you. And you know what else? I will never forget to forgive you."

6. Helping to dust by swinging a Swiffer sweeper wildly around the living room.

7. Observing that we still sometimes find cat hairs from Mr. Kiss (who was sadly euthanized a number of years ago) and wondering aloud if it could be because Mr. Kiss creeps back into the house at night. Accepting Mommy's theory that just the fur creeps back at night.

8. Noting "I am tired of everything, but baking would make me feel better."

9. Playing "throw the hair band between Mommy's feet" over and over and over again while Mommy tries to put groceries away, cackling like the wild witch of the west.

10. Lovingly carrying a wad of frozen gingerbread dough around the house, waiting for it to thaw. Shouting, "Everyone! I've got the dough in my hand!!"