Nice that you get time with your sister today, @Zoe7. It will be helpful to her that are so willing to do whatever needs doing, as a kind of kitchen hand. Or maybe, more glamourously, an assistant chef.

Funny the way you describe Toby playing with his new toys for a short time, then discarding anything that is not a favourite. Sounds like a regular child!

Cool that the dogs get on okay with each other. That will make things easier, as I'm guessing you would go nowhere without Toby if you always had your way. It reminds me of Mum's long relationship with her dog 'Sam', who passed away several years ago now. He actually looked quite a bit like Toby too! Mum even used to take him to work (she was a nurse in palliative care and with the elderly). The patients loved him. I often make the joke that he was really my younger brother.