I will never understand this when Stacey and Dawn's handwriting is so much more legible.

This made me laugh because my handwriting resembles Mary Anne's! I definitely tried to emulate it as a kid and I guess it stuck. :X

I loved Auntie Nora's swizzle sticks! And since Auntie Nora is mentioned later, it is so obviously something she gave them as a wedding present that they had to get out because she was coming. I love when the characters seem real, especially the adults. And it's kind of cute reading the kids' puzzlement at adult behavior now as an adult.