The endless fascination children have with stuffing things into bags and boxes doesn't make as much sense as I'm sure it did when I was younger. Any time I turn my back, Millie and Annie stuff their backpacks, library bags, plastic and paper grocery bags as plump as they can with all manner of things, just so that they can haul them around the house to empty them.

One of Millie's funniest takes on this theme was the banana stuffed inside a tape cassette holder, but this one's not so shabby, either. An empty cereal bag, stuffed with books and carefully placed in the closet. Mysterious.