Summer: Mon., 8/28 - Tues., 8/29
Mon., 8/28
School shopping day. I've been slowly accumulating things for the school year, but we needed to get a few clothes and shoes. L&G like to shop, and they like picking out clothes, but they just get so silly sometimes that it was really anyone's guess how the outing would go. Happily, it was okay. We went to TJ Maxx and DSW first, and each girl got a pair of shoes. (Lucia: sparkly fun sneakers; Greta: light-up sneakers.) Then we went to the mall, where we found a handful of cute dresses at Land's End. They also each selected a Beanie Boo backpack clip. Finally, Target, where they got shirts and jeans. Done. We're set now. They'll need fall things once it gets cooler, but for now they're ready.
We relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. It was sunny but too mild for swimming, and L&G just wanted to stay home and play, so we did. I made kale quiche for dinner.
Tues., 8/29
A cold, rainy day. L&G played the morning away, covering the entire couch with blankets and stuffed animals, pretending that they didn't have legs and that their animals were in danger of falling into hot lava. Seriously, ??? I wasn't paying too much attention, but every now and then they'd both start screaming bloody murder, and I'd look over, and they'd be frantically trying to rescue the animal that had fallen into the lava. That took up the morning. After lunch, one of Greta's friends came over to play, bringing a bag of her own Splashlings, and they played with those and with dress-up clothes.
Later, I took L&G to the salon in town for haircuts. I was almost embarrassed to take them in--their hair was tangled, matted with chlorine, and just generally wild. They looked like feral children. They emerged with perfectly smooth blowouts. Lucia loved every second of it; Greta was less thrilled.
They watched an Elena before dinner. I made burrito bowls, which Greta--uncharacteristically--violently denounced and refused to eat. I <3 cooking="" for="" kids.="" my="" p="">
We finished The Doll People Set Sail today--the last in the series (for now?). It was so good. I feel really sad that we don't have another one to begin. Along with A Little Princess, these four novels were our big read-alouds this summer (with lots of shorter chapter books and picture books too, of course). I hope L&G both will want to reread them lots of times. They're magical.
School shopping day. I've been slowly accumulating things for the school year, but we needed to get a few clothes and shoes. L&G like to shop, and they like picking out clothes, but they just get so silly sometimes that it was really anyone's guess how the outing would go. Happily, it was okay. We went to TJ Maxx and DSW first, and each girl got a pair of shoes. (Lucia: sparkly fun sneakers; Greta: light-up sneakers.) Then we went to the mall, where we found a handful of cute dresses at Land's End. They also each selected a Beanie Boo backpack clip. Finally, Target, where they got shirts and jeans. Done. We're set now. They'll need fall things once it gets cooler, but for now they're ready.
We relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. It was sunny but too mild for swimming, and L&G just wanted to stay home and play, so we did. I made kale quiche for dinner.
Tues., 8/29
A cold, rainy day. L&G played the morning away, covering the entire couch with blankets and stuffed animals, pretending that they didn't have legs and that their animals were in danger of falling into hot lava. Seriously, ??? I wasn't paying too much attention, but every now and then they'd both start screaming bloody murder, and I'd look over, and they'd be frantically trying to rescue the animal that had fallen into the lava. That took up the morning. After lunch, one of Greta's friends came over to play, bringing a bag of her own Splashlings, and they played with those and with dress-up clothes.
Later, I took L&G to the salon in town for haircuts. I was almost embarrassed to take them in--their hair was tangled, matted with chlorine, and just generally wild. They looked like feral children. They emerged with perfectly smooth blowouts. Lucia loved every second of it; Greta was less thrilled.
They watched an Elena before dinner. I made burrito bowls, which Greta--uncharacteristically--violently denounced and refused to eat. I <3 cooking="" for="" kids.="" my="" p="">
We finished The Doll People Set Sail today--the last in the series (for now?). It was so good. I feel really sad that we don't have another one to begin. Along with A Little Princess, these four novels were our big read-alouds this summer (with lots of shorter chapter books and picture books too, of course). I hope L&G both will want to reread them lots of times. They're magical.
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