This is really just a chapter of adorable Eureka pictures. Deal with it.
Eureka is a little ray of sunshine in the house.
I was worried, what with a little girl who loves the color black and all, but she is perfectly jolly and bright. In fact, she's such a good little girl that she's already sat for her museum pieces.
Everyone in the house spends time with her. We even have a lot of visitors who want to see our little princess. There was one in particular I told to go back where she came from. Doesn't she have two Classic children of her own?!
Eureka brings together the genes of everyone who's ever lived in this house. From Carlotta and Ed to Ophelia, everyone contributed a bit to the making of this perfect little girl.
Even Eunice, who may not share any DNA with her, is her mother all the same.
They've been learning to talk together.
Sometimes Eunice can't stay home to work with Eureka, because she's begun doing renovations. She had her first one this week, and got a tip almost as big as the commission fee! It's because she's brilliant, you know. Also, she's willing to stand in the rain.
Granny likes to teach Eureka the family history. "Writing, art, logic, gardening, and you, my little one," she says. "Can you say Granny Coralie? How about Granny Mona Lisa?"
Mona Lisa herself has taken up walking as her task. She says Eureka is so cute it hurts when she has a successful trip across the nursery floor.
She's also been helping Mom prepare for her grand championship chess match.
As far as potty goes, that one falls on me and Eunice. We are the Mommies, after all.
I also deal with tantrums and bedtime.
Daddy is so happy to be a grandpa. He is still a workaholic and at the office almost every second of his life, but he takes time to coo and cuddle Eureka when he can. He says he'd rather do that than sleep at his age.
Freddie is shaping up to be a wonderful Daddy, even though we faced quite the town scandal when she was born.
I love how alike they can look at times.
On Love Day, I took Eunice to the festival and we danced for a few hours. It's hard to steal away with a toddler at home, but we made it work.
Meanwhile, Mom was becoming an international chess champion phenomenon superhero. She accomplished her lifetime wish!
Take that, consignment fairy!
Eureka, having learned all three of her toddler skills, was feasting from her royal throne. Sampling the very best cuisine prepared by Granny Coralie.
When I put her to bed that night I told her how very proud I was of her for being such a smart girl. I promised her we'd play dolls the next day as a reward.
And then I slipped a teddy I bought for her in the crib. She immediately loved it. She calls it "Cog." Gran says it's spooky, but Eureka likes it, so there.
When she wakes up in the morning, she's always got it with her now, and refuses to leave the crib without it. She's definitely a strong minded little thing. There's some sort of cunning about her. No, really. I know she's quite small, but it's there.
I think we're all going to have great fun together in the immortal life to come.
Little Daylight is a fairy tale written by George MacDonald and included as a story within a story in At the Back of the North Wind, published in 1871. It is similar to the Disney version of the Sleeping Beauty story.
