What's A Scherbel?: Post-Holiday and Making Shapes

3.18.2010

Post-Holiday and Making Shapes

Charlotte has been a bit obsessed with upcoming holidays. In February and march we have a lot of birthdays. This past february my brother and family was in town. Valentine's day, president's day and now st. patrick's day. We have had party after party. Parties with friends. Parties with family. Cakes and singing and dancing at restaurants. Making cards for her friends, shopping for birthday presents. Blowing out candles. Charlotte loves a good party, and so when I told her that there is another holiday coming up this week (just after leaving a birthday party) she was thrilled. I told her that on st patrick's day you have to wear green or you get pinched. She was game, anything for another holiday, no matter how strange it seems. So I am sure you can imagine her disappointment on st patrick's day, all dressed up in her green, when there is no party. She kept asking when are we leaving for the party? She just couldn't believe that was it.

So Charlotte is yelling at me to come "wipe her" (yeah, poo story) and so I walk into the bathroom and she gets off the toilet and looks in. "Hey, look mom I pooped a whistle"

Ah, she's so precious....

1 comment:

Lyndsay said...: Aw, a girl after my own heart! Send her to visit us in Toledo. March has felt like one party after another and Daphne's too young to be appreciating all of it.; March 19, 2010 at 6:50 AM

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