I meant to ask that little one where she disappeared to before, but seeing her and the dog having so much fun was enough to dispel my misgivings. It's been a while, at least a week since she tried to poison or scalp one of her brothers, so maybe I'm worrying for nothing.

Kat was already downstairs flitting around the kitchen and the boys were somewhere trying to destroy my damn house, so I figured now was as good a time as any to have that talk with my kid. I'm ...