Full of family festivities! Uncle Reggie came to town and met his niece for the first time. Auntie Evelan got married. All of that means lots of Daddy + daughter dancing. And, Doddamma came to fly through Philadelphia on all too brief a visit, which frankly meant a lot of silly time :)
It's a joke that I talked about procrastination in the last post, and now I am working feverishly to get caught up before a year passes by. (Hearing from my mother today that I haven't sent any pics in a while also helps.)
Coincidentally, S is having her first ukulele lesson this coming Friday. Last year, for her 3rd birthday, she got the ukulele - and as I prepped this post, I found these videos from May. Some refinement would be helpful to her performance :)
Last May, we had a celebrity outing. A classmate of S was enamored with her, and thus his parents were as well. Turns out this boy is the great-great-great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, and his father and grandfather are accomplished public people in their own right. We had the fanciful experience of going to their home on a couple of occasions.
She also, for the first time, put into practice something I had been trying to teach her for a couple of years: to have a conversation with herself when things are not going properly in terms of her choices. I remember the moment clear as day: she had been tantrum-ish as we got into the car on the way to school. I suggested she have a conversation with herself to figure out why that happened, and to not speak to me until she reached some insight. I had no idea what would happen, since every time before, I got "but Mooooommmmmy". This time, I could see her look out the window, and verbally ask herself why she made those choices, and how making those choices is not good, and that she can do better. I was SO proud of my 3 year old :)
We also had fun celebrating Erwin's birthday TWICE - once with just the 3 of us, and then once with his birthday twin who is Sanaa's oldest friend, and the one and only person whom Erwin has approved her marrying (already). We also had a wonderful family picnic in the park for Memorial Day. I just love her dress but of course she wouldn't wear it again after that day because the "straps were not good".
