Sunday, March 2

Spent most of the day relaxing by reading and crocheting a leprechaun hat. Lucia and Andrew went to a hockey game, and Greta and I walked with Farrah to the library for pickups and then to Starbucks. On the way home, we talked about all of the toys and collections that were the backbone of her and Lucia's childhoods: Lego Friends figures, My Little Ponies, Shopkins, Splashlings, American Girls, Calico Critters, Playmobil animals and foods, Barbie-sized princesses, Maileg mice. Formative. The deep playing the kids did with all of these things never ceases to amaze. Hours upon days upon weeks and months. I can think of others that were important to them in their very earliest years: Magic Clip princesses, Strawberry Shortcake dolls. Each collection is vast, and now organized and tucked away. I assured Greta we'll never get rid of any of it. 

Homework and piano practicing and dinner took up the evening. I also put away, finally, the last of the Christmas things that I like to keep up through the winter: the villages, the glass trees, the winter birds. Now the house is bare until I bring out the Easter things. 

We did not have time to watch Lost. I'll be thinking about it all week, waiting to see what happens. 

Tonight Andrew and I booked our Broadway shows. We'll be seeing Chicago and Maybe Happy Ending.