Yesterday e spent the day with us. I picked her up about 10:30 and drove back home. We walked to the park, and I hoped we would have some time before the pre-school brought their children out to play. I was wrong. But the older ones were mostly careful when near e, and she seemed to enjoy watching them. When three boys were spinning the wheel, she pointed out that they were not taking turns. She was not as agile or as quick as the four- and five-year-olds, but she was confident climbing the steps and going down the slide. I think she looks forward to the day when she can maneuver down the corkscrew; now she stops at the opening in the rail, looks at this form, and says, " I might fall."
We found some new books at the library. Her favorite was A Well-mannered Young Wolf, by Jean Leroy. Since one of her favorite stories is " The Three Pigs" I am not surprised she chose this book about a wolf that tried to accommodate his prey's last wish.
We stopped at Safeway for chocolate chip cookies, which she told me are her daddy's favorite, then went home for lunch. Next, after reading five books to her, I put e in bed, hoping she would nap. She entertained herself for an hour before shouting for me. I got her up and read Babar's Children to her; did you know Pom, Flora, and Alexander were triplets? Since Randy had early choir rehearsal, I needed to take e home so I could make supper. When we arrived at her house and I began to unbuckle her from her car seat, she cried, saying she wanted to go back to my house. What?? That was a surprise. After several minutes she calmed down, and I took her inside, where she happily embraced her mom.
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