My cousin Debbie is expecting her first child next month, so we went to her baby shower today. I’m so excited for her!
She decided not to find out whether the baby is a boy or a girl, so I knit her a cute little green, blue and white hoodie that will work for either. Anna is fabulous at modeling these things for me:
We got Carrie’s school pictures back today. She picked out both her dress and the background color. I can only take credit for her pretty brown eyes!
We did a bit of raking today!
Happy Halloween!
My brother got married today! Welcome to the family, Genevra!
Carrie was their flower girl, and Anna was…as well-behaved as you’d expect a 15 month old to be at a wedding. Which is to say, not very. But the ceremony (at least, what I got to hear) was lovely, and the dinner was fabulous.
We dashed home and got in our Halloween costumes. Nana, Poppy and I took the girls trick-or-treating while Denis stayed home to hand out candy.
And finally, we left the girls in Nana & Poppy’s capable hands while we went to the after party for the wedding – in costume.
Carrie’s class had a halloween party today, and they were supposed to wear their costumes. Instead of dealing with her long flowing ghost costume, Carrie decided to be a cat. Black ears, a pin-on tail, some eyeliner whiskers, and my cute kitty-cat headed off to school.
I picked her up so we could make it to the rehearsal for my brother’s wedding. So she got to wear her cat costume while practicing dropping rose petals for tomorrow.
It’s been a busy day, and tomorrow is going to be even busier. It just seems like the busier I am the faster the days go by…
We had a giant kids’ party today, featuring a Dora mermaid cake:
and sand art:
and presents:
And now, Carrie is officially five!
(Also, thank you to Greta and my dad for taking some of these pictures!)
Dear Carolyn,
Today you are five. Five seems so old, doesn’t it? Last year I was worried about you turning four, because it seemed like I was losing my baby. But this year I was excited for you to turn five. You’ve been excited too!
Since your birthday party is tomorrow, we spent the day doing other things. We started out with chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast – your favorite. After that, you had a friend’s birthday party to go to. Then you and I ran some errands to get ready for your party tomorrow and for Uncle Dan and Aunt Genevra’s wedding next weekend. After our errands, we hung out at home for a bit and opened your presents, and then you picked the local Mexican restaurant for dinner. They brought you your own fried ice cream for dessert!
We had an exhausting but good day, and we’re just about ready for the invasion party tomorrow. I still can’t believe my little girl is five! There are so many things you can do all by yourself now, and so many things you know. But you’re still my sweet baby, and always will be!
Love, Mommy
24 cupcakes with pink frosting and sprinkles…check!
Napkins…check!
Camera…check!
Time to go watch Carrie celebrate her birthday with her class!
They had a family game night at the primary school this evening, ending in a barn dance in the gym which was actually quite fun. Exhausting, but fun.
Today I had a lunch date with Carrie at the school cafeteria. She was thrilled to have me there, and I hope I can join her another time. The other kids were funny, too – once I helped one of them open something, the rest of them suddenly had something that needed opening!
Then I read Some Dogs Do to the class. I don’t know why I get nervous reading to a group of small children, but I do. But I made it through and I think they liked the story.
I also went to the library to get an idea of what I could volunteer for. If I can get some childcare for Anna a couple of times a month I think I’ll go help out.