My glorious reign has come to an end

I've received A LOT of mail asking where I've been lately. To put it politely, the answer is "in mourning."

You see, my family has decided to expand. I am no longer the precious baby of the family. My aunties have given me cousins.

Ummmmm, thanks?

My cousins, we'll call them The Mare and Piglet (because he is pink and loves pigs, not because he is a chunkster), are fine but they require an awful lot of attention that used to go to me.

Wow. Congratulations on learning to social smile and everything, Mare and Piglet.
Excuse me while I run to have your trophies engraved.

 

It's kind of hard for everyone to watch me bust my mad ballet skills or listen to me sing the chorus of Joan Jett's "I Love Rock n Roll" when they're feeding infants who STILL haven't learned to eat off of a plate at the table.

I guess the good news is that I'm going to have the opportunity to mold the future. I'm pretty sure these impressionable youths are going to learn a lot from me. The Mare even goes to the learning center with me, now. I am taking personal responsibility for letting her know that Miss Erica's fashion sense is NOT okay.