week ending mar 29, 2009:

Week ending March 29, 2009: This week Chloe got to change her earrings for the first time because it has been 8 weeks since she got them pierced. She’d been asking “how long” until she could change them, and “8 weeks” doesn’t have much meaning to her, so I told her after we went to visit Angie at Angie’s house. I meant within a week of the visit, but Chloe took a more strict interpretation and decided that the day after the visit should be the day. I figured that was close enough. Weeks ago Grammy Carole had shown me the set of 9 pairs of studs in 9 different colors she’d bought for Chloe, but we didn’t show Chloe until Sunday. Chloe was very brave about changing the earrings and decided she’d like to change them every day to match her outfits.

Since he knew Grammy Carole was coming over, Granddad stopped by with kites he’d picked up at the dollar store. The kids were thrilled. I’ve never been able to get a kite to fly on our cul-de-sac before because the houses and trees block too much of the wind, but Granddad was very patient and got the kites up a few times. He even got one kite high enough that it was above the tops of the trees and Alex was able to fly it by himself for a while. The kids were thrilled! I’ve mentioned before that I thought the kids were getting almost cynical in that they don’t seem to enjoy the simple pleasures as much as they used to, but they really loved flying the kites. They were cheerful and talked about for the whole rest of the day.

On a less pleasant note, Chloe spent most of the day Monday throwing up. She didn’t run a fever and none of the rest of us got it, so I think it may have been something she ate. She seems to be very sensitive. She’s doing much better now. I had some arts-and-crafts projects stocked away for a day like Monday when we’d be stuck in the house with kids without much energy. We spent the day doing Perler bead projects, creating ink stamp projects, and putting together tiny 3-D airplane puzzles that came in a 6 pack for a dollar. After we put the second airplane together Alex said “this is the best day of my life!” He loves putting stuff together, and he loves stuff that is new. He felt like he spent the day getting presents because the stuff was new to him.