girl day

just when i think i'm going to give up on the blog and use facebook instead, i am reminded that this is a link to a more personal and realistic view of life. even if no one else reads it, kept  here is a diary and record of our life as a young busy family of four. david and i love to scroll back through the years of blog posts, back to the time when we had no children, or just one child, or a toddler and a newborn, and think about all the hard and wonderful joys and challenges we have had.

speaking of joys, my little girl is a smart and sensitive and funny and playful almost-four-year old, and i had the great pleasure of spending all day with just her last week. her school was closed, james' school was open, and i took a day off of before making a major role transition at work. ramona and i spent that day together alone, and it was such a treat. james and ramona together are awesome but tricky (they fight every 10 minutes, for 5 minutes at a time. i know because i've timed it. it makes me feel insaaaaaaaaane.). but one of them alone with a parent or parents? easy street. david had an alone day with james last week, and he said it was easily one of his favorite days all year. my day with ramona was equally good.

we went to the zoo, where she posed with the lion statue,


and got to play veterinarian at the super awesome and interactive new animal hospital.



we shared a hot cocoa at a restaurant,


and she ate her afternoon snack of raisins off a plate on the floor "just like the kitties do" and, you know what?, i let her.