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Saturday, November 12, 2005
Two Two Two
What a day! It was truly a fun day all around. Eli was tentative about his big day but soon got in to the event wholeheartedly. Eli and I joined Daddy and Eva in bed for a few books. Here Eli received present number one, a book about a little boy and his swallows. He spent a long time on each image image, pointing to everything. After a leasurely time in the posutre we all ambled into the kitchen to begin birthday breakfast prep. Eli was stunned when he turned the corner and saw the streamers and more specifically the bird cage hanging from the lamp. He paused for a while. Soon he scrambled on to the bench and looked into the cage only to discover birds birds birds!!! After our eggs and waffles the children played for long time with the bird cage. Eva understood it was Eli's birthday but had a difficult time with him receiving gifts. After a struggle to get Eli's cage away from him with much protest and saddness, I remembered I had a bird that was not wrapped, suddenly it appeared in a little basket for Eva. They were happy playing with each other. Leslie came up from downstairs and gave Eli some bird books. He immediately opened the pages to recall the names of most of the birds but thrilled to see ones he did not know demanding their name. It was time to go, so we packed up the books in to backpack as he would not leave the house without them. Our destination was the pet store that had an amazing bird collection. We spent a good hour dancing with the parrot, touching the Amazon Red something-or-other. After a quick romp in the park across the street we went to lunch at Alice's. I still have a great image of Eli leaning back in his highchair taking huge bites of his mu shu pork . This was the first time the children ever had their own pancake - they were in heaven. Eli took a good nap as Daddy and Eva went to run errands. We had Naomi, Leon, Jen, Dave, and Zoe over for a birthday playdate and dinner. We set up the table in the living room, planning to be near the fire but we quickly had to extinguish the flames as Zoe was scared. So we all ate our tortelini and sweet potato soup. Eli, who was placed at the head of the table slammed his hands on the table and declared, "CAKE, I want my CAKE!" He was taken back as this huge carrot cake with two candles and birds was placed in front of him. Daddy helped him blow out the candles.
He looks so much older to me now. I can not believe my eyes when he turns the corner. He's wearing bigger clothes and just has a two-year-old air about him. He's a big guy.
He looks so much older to me now. I can not believe my eyes when he turns the corner. He's wearing bigger clothes and just has a two-year-old air about him. He's a big guy.
Friday, November 11, 2005
Lantern walk
We had our first preschool event outside of parent's meetings - the annual lantern walk. this takes place on November 11, Saint Martin's Day. Everyone gathered at 5:00 at the home of Beth, Peter and Somerset. The house was buzzing with activity as all the children and parents filled all of the rooms. The formal part of the evening started in the front parlor, around the fire. Marlis, the teacher, gathered the children in a cirlce, with all the parents looking on, to tell two stories acted out with little wooden figurines (how Waldorf, I KNOW!) The first story was of Martin, the knight, as he met a man while out on his ride on a cold Automn night...he stopped and gave him half of his cloak. It felt so good to give generously that he spent the rest of his life doing good for those around him. The second story was of a little girl who's family ran out of lantern oil. She headed out into the night with her lantern asking all of the forest animals for some oil. She was finally sent to the moon to gather light for her family. Indeed she was able to re-light her family fires. To commemorate these events, we walked through the neighborhood carrying these lovely lanterns with candles inside, giving the warmth of our light to all.
almost two.
How did this happen so quickly? He is indeed two. On the eve of his birthday, we had a stand-off occur at breakfast. Eli would not finish his oatmeal, still insisting upon having some jelly english muffin. Art and I would encourage his with words like, "just two more bites and you can have your muffin." This went on for a good 20 minutes. Eli would not budge - his bottom lip protruding, he stood his ground, no oatmeal were to pass his lips. He's been working up to this stamina for a while now but this was a remarkable sign of being two right around the corner. Finally, I took a eenie, teenie, weenie piece of my muffin and put it in his mouth. He immediately grabbed his spoon and shoveled in the required amount and demanded his muffin. whew....what's to come.
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