Independence

Belle slithered out of her pushchair during a quick jaunt to Discount City.  I caught her just before she grabbed a bottle of all-purpose cleanser.  We walked around the store together, Belle dumping random items into her basket and me putting them back.  After we made our purchase, I had to stop and put shoes on her so she could walk outside, which she proudly did.  We walked all the way to our favorite park but we didn't stop to play.  I wrangled Belle back into the pushchair and headed home to make dinner:  fried eggs, a hot link sausage, rice simmered with fresh garlic and mixed vegetables and sauteed asparagus.  Belle fed her dinner to her toy phone, which means whoever keeps calling will have more energy to keep calling because they are full.