Last-minute packing ~Sophia

It's Sunday afternoon, and we're packing up to head off to Scotland -- "we," of course, not including me. Maeve and Bibi feel that a key part of the preparation is getting in a last time with their favorite non-Scotland-compatible toys (a card game for Bibi, the trampoline for Maeve). Those with more conventional views on travel preparation are finishing the packing, cleaning, and last-minute planning. In just a couple of hours, everyone else will be off to the airport, and I'll have the house to myself.

Bibi contemplates the nature of existence.

Bibi has had a lot of questions about what the trip will entail; she likes to go over every detail of what she can expect to happen in preparation for any new experience. Security featured prominently in the discussion, since she's had problems in security before when she wasn't able to give them her name. She'll be wearing her ID bracelet this time, so she can either answer their questions or point to the bracelet. Of course, this led to lots of questions about why they have to ask her ("to make sure that we're not stealing someone else's children") and then of course why someone might steal someone else's children. She had a theory on the latter point (having heard much discussion of luggage logistics) that they might want children so they could have an extra carry-on.

Maeve had a lot of planning to do, apparently.

Bibi's been expressing a lot of theories about How The World Works lately. Her definition of a computer was memorable: "an electronic device that can do lots of things, and shuts." (The last point seemed to be important in order to distinguish it from an ipad).

So endeth the first post. Maeve should begin posting in the next couple of days with news on Scotland and the trip thereto, while I'll have another couple of weeks before I head of to Iowa and subsequently Potsdam. (Budapest will follow in the fall.) Maeve's excited for a new medium in which to express her opinions on every subject under the sun, from the inhabitants of Maeveland to her favorite part of an airplane ride. ("Taking off.")