We have arrived squarely at the crossroads of parenthood. On one end, Donald has begun officially dating, now that he’s sixteen. He went out on his first one-on-one “date” on Friday evening with his girlfriend, Corina.

On the other end, we have begun the long road of potty training with Little Miss Alicia May. She has her own little Winnie-the-Pooh potty which she has sat upon on several occasions, but has yet to do anything more than push the little flush lever to hear a little voice tell her she’s done a “good job!” and hear the water flushing noise.

Tess, of course, became our “middle child” as of Jan. 2005. She’s striving hard to follow in Donald’s freedom-seeking footsteps. But she also seems to enjoy being a goof with Alicia May (much to my dismay when they start their wild rampages at 9:30pm on a school night…).