Grace was super-touchy and crying at just about anything…and crying about nothing…and just feeling really sorry for herself. Donné was pretty touchy seen as she was not feeling too good, which meant the two of them kept bumping heads. Grace was also feeling daddy needy, so there was a lot of "dada, dada" (with the right amount of heart wrenching red, teary eyes, and quivering lip). I had my head buried in work I need to get through. And things appeared to be going in a bad direction.

Okay, time for some dad-tervention. Send Donné off to bed to rest and feel better. Plonk Grace in front of Dora with some food (not ideal, but it it worked). Get some things done (I can now measure work in terms of Dora episodes) and then put Grace to bed. Phew, girls sleeping…all is peaceful. I am glad I could be here when they needed me.

I took Grace to the doctor this afternoon and she has a ear/nose/throat infection. She chirped up this evening, and hopefully she will get better quickly with some medication.