Now that summer’s here, we’ve gotten into the habit of shipping our kids off to relatives’ houses. They take turns, all but The Baby Nickel, going to Grandaddy and Grandmommy’s house, and now they are taking turns staying with my Balding Bro and his Gentle Wife. Here is Sweetsie, heading off to their house for two whole nights all by herself, as pleased as punch with her lot in life.