Summer stories
Raina pretend-experiences all sorts of things nowadays. She frequently discovers roly-polies and ants in the house, which come in a a variety of colors: brown, blue, yellow, red, and orange. She's very excited when other people see them too. In addition, we pretend-take trips to amazing places like the Y and the playground. (This mostly consists of our walking around in circles in the living room until Raina declares we're at our destination.) She makes us oatmeal multiple times a week, and has hosted a tea party or two as well. She's quite imaginative and her current favorite book is about a boy who pretends he has a blue dog. It's wonderfully refreshing to see someone using an imagination again.
Raina celebrated multiple times this week: a birthday and engagement party, and a birthday and baby shower party. She sings "Happy Birthday" -- mostly -- but was too embarassed to serenade the actual birthday boy and girl with her lovely, high pitched and off-tune singing voice. She was an absolute delight in the car, though, and I think she handled nine hours in the car better than the adults did. Of course, she spent her whole time eating. In the first two hours, she consumed three pieces of turkey, one peanut butter sandwich, one container of raisins, half a container of cereal, and half a bag of pretzels. I feel like we're reciting the Hungry Little Caterpillar!
Each afternoon, mommy and Raina pick up Eric from work. This seemingly banal endeavor is quite exciting for Raina, and she squeals in anticipation each time we leave the house. She sings to herself in the car on the way there, and as soon as we park the car, she asks for Daddy's sunglasses. You see, Raina's responsibility is to greet Eric with his sunglasses (and a beaming smile) as soon as he arrives to the car. This is a responsibility she claimed and she takes it very seriously; the little miss is quite ambitious :)
Raina celebrated multiple times this week: a birthday and engagement party, and a birthday and baby shower party. She sings "Happy Birthday" -- mostly -- but was too embarassed to serenade the actual birthday boy and girl with her lovely, high pitched and off-tune singing voice. She was an absolute delight in the car, though, and I think she handled nine hours in the car better than the adults did. Of course, she spent her whole time eating. In the first two hours, she consumed three pieces of turkey, one peanut butter sandwich, one container of raisins, half a container of cereal, and half a bag of pretzels. I feel like we're reciting the Hungry Little Caterpillar!
Each afternoon, mommy and Raina pick up Eric from work. This seemingly banal endeavor is quite exciting for Raina, and she squeals in anticipation each time we leave the house. She sings to herself in the car on the way there, and as soon as we park the car, she asks for Daddy's sunglasses. You see, Raina's responsibility is to greet Eric with his sunglasses (and a beaming smile) as soon as he arrives to the car. This is a responsibility she claimed and she takes it very seriously; the little miss is quite ambitious :)
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