Sorry for the blog silence this week. The week has been overwhelmingly busy and small crises keep stealing my bits of writing time. Still it has been a good week and worth reporting.
When I last blogged, Clare was sick. It took her a few days to recover, but she used her time well. She learned how to make Baby Anne laugh. For weeks Meg has been the baby laughing expert. Clare would copy everything Meg did, but it just wouldn't work for her. Finally, she found her own funny voice and her own silly movements and she sent Anne into hysterics. That laughter was the best medicine for Clare.
Saturday was a day of festivities. We met our neighbors at our local park to celebrate their two-year-old's birthday. It was a fun birthday with animal hats, a book exchange and yummy cupcakes. Gradually all the kids worked their way over to our neighborhood festival. Arlington consists of numerous established old neighborhoods and these neighborhoods hold periodic celebrations. Many have Fourth of July parades in which kids dress up and walk the parade route. In the middle of May, the communities often have little festivals. Our festival included giant bounce houses, a petting zoo, pony rides, hot dogs and cotton candy.
Our bounce house fun continued on Saturday afternoon when we went to our parish festival. What fun! Among the many inflatables was a giant slide.
When I last blogged, Clare was sick. It took her a few days to recover, but she used her time well. She learned how to make Baby Anne laugh. For weeks Meg has been the baby laughing expert. Clare would copy everything Meg did, but it just wouldn't work for her. Finally, she found her own funny voice and her own silly movements and she sent Anne into hysterics. That laughter was the best medicine for Clare.
Saturday was a day of festivities. We met our neighbors at our local park to celebrate their two-year-old's birthday. It was a fun birthday with animal hats, a book exchange and yummy cupcakes. Gradually all the kids worked their way over to our neighborhood festival. Arlington consists of numerous established old neighborhoods and these neighborhoods hold periodic celebrations. Many have Fourth of July parades in which kids dress up and walk the parade route. In the middle of May, the communities often have little festivals. Our festival included giant bounce houses, a petting zoo, pony rides, hot dogs and cotton candy.
Our bounce house fun continued on Saturday afternoon when we went to our parish festival. What fun! Among the many inflatables was a giant slide.
Sunday was a day to recover from our previous day of festivities. After Mass we ate lunch at P. Brennan's. I had the absolute best corned beef hash I've ever eaten and we all enjoyed listening to the Celtic music jam session happening in the middle of the restaurant. Clare was quite taken by the performance of My Lovely Rose of Clare, which she assumed was about her.
On Sunday night I bought a used sewing machine, which on Monday I used to make Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail capes for our upcoming Peter Rabbit birthday party.
Monday also marked the eating of the first fruit from our strawberry plant.
We also celebrated Clare's actual birthday this week, which differed from the party date. We began the day by making cupcakes at 6:30 am. She opened family presents at 7:15 am. She wore a birthday tiara at school and distributed birthday play dough to her classmates. In the afternoon we had a birthday tea party with Nicole and ate those yummy cupcakes.
A busy week...and I haven't even mentioned doctor's appointments, physical therapy appointments, dance classes, extra days of preschool and party preparations. Whew. I'm tired.
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