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we got gates!


And, yes, Mimi sings the People's Court theme every time she goes through them. And, no, it never isn't funny. And, yes, if you remember the Peoples Court theme you are, well, at least as old as we are.

Yuki seems excited about them.



Trixie is, as usual, unsure (and 20% of my day is spent holding them open while she decides whether or not she wants to come through).


We have the kitchen gate and a top-of-the-stairs gate, but we can't put a gate on the bottom of the stairs because of how it's laid out. Fortunately, Yuki only seems interested in pulling things down off the stairs, and not climbing up them (for now). And, yes, we store things on our stairs. We said we weren't going to. That lasted about 8 seconds.



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