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Sometime last year, I started reading chapters from Ramona books to Beanie before bedtime. I am a sucker for spunky heroines, and believe that the likes of Pippi Longstocking can help balance the doe-eyed fragility of most Disney Princesses. Anyhow, Ramona Quimby, when she's learning to print her name, dolls up her Q with ears and whiskers so that it looks like a cat.

Marley, who lately embellishes her signature with swirly flourishes, went a Ramona-step further a few days ago by incorporating a self-portrait, in profile, to her lowercase a. It's like, I almost can't take it. Marley, I love you and your meticulous, fancy ways.