Big emotions are standard in a household with two seven-year-olds. At least the reasons for those emotions are mostly valid these days – a disagreement with a friend, the fear of getting something wrong, the excitement of something good to come. Gone are the days when our girls could have a one-hour meltdown because their imaginary soup had carrots in it. And they did not want carrots.

Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

And in case it’s not immediately obvious: the image is a heavily dramatized close-up of a kitchen grater.