My boots were laying on the floor of my room, where I'd left them after I took them off today. Monkey was standing on them.

Me: "Monkey, please don't step on my boots."

Monkey: "Ok. Please don't make your room so messy."

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Keyen was absent from school all last week so I never got to see him, and still haven't managed it this week. Apparently, though, he has been too busy this week to play with Turtle. She was a little annoyed about it yesterday but didn't even mention him today, so I guess the relationship has cooled.