Beatles day. Brin and I are both wearing our Beatles shirts and listening to early Beatles songs on shuffle. Then an acoustic Ringo song comes on and Brin defiantly says, “Dis is NOT da Beatles.”

Brinley opens the door to the basement. In a voice you would use to coax a bunny, she says, “Come on, dat. It’s okay.”

Brin has recently taken to launching herself between the downstairs couch and the ottoman. Before she springs, she’ll raise her hands above her head and shout, “To in-fi-ti-ty!”

Brin just shoved a head massager on top of my head. With a huge grin on her face, she looked me in the eyes and said, “Happy Birthday!”

Brin is in her jammies. She just put her purse on, went up to Mommy, and said, “Let’s go pop store!” (pet store).

Brinley has been watching the Annie movies recently, and she loves the soundtrack. A few times a day she will sing, “Wife… for US!” and, swinging her hands with abandon, will throw whatever she’s holding.