We just got back from a wonderful week visiting family in the Philadelphia area. We saw Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop, Grammy and Granddad, uncles, aunts, and cousins galore. We enjoyed the Morris Arboretum, The Please Touch Museum, two playgrounds, a scavenger hunt, and the beach (although if you are from Philly you would say that we went down the shore). Overall everything went beautifully, with only the usual small hiccups of sibling squabbles and Sarah impatience.
The girls are really great travelers so the car time was easy. We made our alphabet word game more specific. Usually each person just needs to give a word that starts with each letter. Amy had the idea to do only animals and then only food. Let me tell you, I, Q, and the end of the alphabet are challenging! We always let Sarah go first, and she frequently impressed us with the speed and variety of her words.
This was our first trip in many years with Sarah being able to eat dairy. What a game changer. I barely needed to bring anything anywhere. We got ice cream. Yesterday she had her first heartbreaking moment of the ice cream falling off of the cone! Luckily we were still getting the rest of our order so I just got another for her. It was hot and she got covered in ice cream because it was impossible to keep up with the drips. Then we saw a storm coming and finished just in time to run to the car.
The biggest news is that Sarah got her period for the first time. When I first got mine, my mom took me out to dinner to celebrate, presenting me with red and heart-shaped gifts. I promptly went to Target to get a few gifts for both girls, so that the celebration could be shared. I found pink tank tops and pink shorts, and bikinis that have black and white striped tops. The watermelon lip balm has been ignored, but the KitKat bars were happily snarfed. Sarah has handled everything beautifully. The only concern I have is about swim lessons tomorrow because I don’t think the special period swim wear will arrive in time. So if anyone has the power to speed the mail, please do so!
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