Less than Twelve Parsecs

We couldn't ask for anything better. We are all safe, healthy, and happy together over the winter holidays. We are cherishing every moment: playing board games, building structures, reading books, scootering around the neighborhood, and ordering Chipotle whenever we feel too lazy to cook! After a ridiculous amount of computer time due to virtual schooling and work-from-home for the last five months, both kids and parents having less screen-time every day is a blessing. We get to play with our Silkie chickens, do more gardening in the front yard and backyard, or just walk around the neighborhood hunting for Christmas lights.  Fae gets so excited about spotting new lights on a house that her tiny body shakes all over with emotion. She points at them in the pointiest pointy kind of way. I mean really, really pointing: from the tip of her toe all the way to the nail of her pointing finger tip! She even inhale-grunts for emphasis. Then, after the many shouts of awe fade away, she resu