Obviously Eleanor is the best child ever and we trust her a great deal. So if she was backing Amy, Jon and Leann were backin' Amy! It's exciting to have met the first woman senator from Minnesota. Explaining the senate (particularly as it was at the time during the race, a cesspool) was kind of boring, so we told Eleanor that Amy Klobuchar (about whom Eleanor still speaks and asks what she's doing) was going to become "a powerful woman" and Eleanor accepts this explanation with a no-nonsense nod and assent, "Yeah! Amy Klochar, she has powers!" which we must agree with wholeheartedly.

As we mentioned, we're having another baby, expected in June. There is the first picture of him or her (we'll find out and let you know) at the right. Cute little alien space monkey from beyond the Oort clouds, ain't s/he? Keep us in your prayers!