Penelope
Happy news: my niece, Penelope, was born on Wednesday to Mary & Martin.
Today she was discharged from the hospital. Alas, I am ill – still – as are Samuel and Daniel (who are much perkier). Who knows when we’ll be well enough to meet the wee lass.
Even so, we’re very pleased that she is out and about. Samuel ran up and down, shouting: “A girl baby cousin! A girl baby cousin!”
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Daniel, who hates to wear his own shoes, has “shoe envy.” He spent much of the week howling and trying to put his feet into Samuel’s shoes. So, we’d help him into those shoes. It would please him for about thirty seconds. Then he’d realize that he didn’t want to take any steps with his feet so constricted, so he’d howl and try to yank the shoes off of himself.
Tonight he put empty Cool Whip containers on his feet. Then he realized he didn’t want to walk in them, either. So, he howled and shook them off.
Children are strange.
Today she was discharged from the hospital. Alas, I am ill – still – as are Samuel and Daniel (who are much perkier). Who knows when we’ll be well enough to meet the wee lass.
Even so, we’re very pleased that she is out and about. Samuel ran up and down, shouting: “A girl baby cousin! A girl baby cousin!”
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Daniel, who hates to wear his own shoes, has “shoe envy.” He spent much of the week howling and trying to put his feet into Samuel’s shoes. So, we’d help him into those shoes. It would please him for about thirty seconds. Then he’d realize that he didn’t want to take any steps with his feet so constricted, so he’d howl and try to yank the shoes off of himself.
Tonight he put empty Cool Whip containers on his feet. Then he realized he didn’t want to walk in them, either. So, he howled and shook them off.
Children are strange.