In the Wild

This evening (our first Friday night without Chet), I was working on Lorelei's 1,000-piece Harry Potter puzzle, Lorelei was at a friend's house, and Sydney, Ford, and Ruthie were watching "Bolt" on Disney+. For some reason I looked over at them in the living room, and did a double take when I saw this:

This, folks, does NOT happen. Perhaps this is what children do when they think no one is looking: act civilly toward one another.

I have to end with that. Lorelei, Ford, and Ruthie share a room, and Ruthie is crying, and I hear a strange scratching sound coming from behind their door that I am having trouble identifying without going in there to investigate...