Tears wash out your eyes

Ellie has pink eye, so I'll be taking her to the doc today as soon as I can get her in. Her class has a field trip to a petting zoo today, and she doesn't know yet, but she won't be able to go. She has to spend the day with Dad.

Knowing there would be disappointments like this made me reluctant to ever have kids in the first place.

In other news, Ellie has learned to play tic-tac-toe. She knows the best place to put your X is in the center square. Luckily Dad knows the ins and outs of the game and isn't of a ruthless character. She hasn't guessed yet that the game is pointless because with good players no one ever wins.

Naturally I've been trying to help her see that there are strategies you can employ to clobber the other 5-year-olds when they don't play optimally. That's what dads are for.