Alec's birthday went over without a hitch. He got a special birthday hat at school. The teachers had to give him some quiet time to settle himself because he was so excited about being the birthday boy and thus the true center of his little universe for 24 hours. Our au pair picked him up with a friend after school and the two had a rocky play date that culminated in Alec pulling his favorite fuzzy green blanket over his head and telling his friend to go home.
He ended his day in the claw foot tub where he tried out his new shark kickboard, flippers and goggles. He was so tired after his bath that after Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, and two readings of The Horse in Harry's Room he fell asleep as if I'd turned a switch.
Thank goodness because Hadley was at the hospital for his sleep study being pasted with electrodes.
Miles, bless his self-sufficient 7 1/2 year-old self, was happily playing with his Sponge Bob Crabby Patty Lego and reading about Anne Frank and then Amelia Earhart while I was busy nursing Dahlia and then supervising Alec's "swim." I found it intriguing that he was reading about 2 doomed females, and the other book on his docket was about card tricks which he has been practicing for weeks since seeing a very impressive magician at his cousin George's bar mitzvah.
Dahlia tried to climb the stairs again but only made it up one and then fell landing with a thud that I’m sure almost prompted the neighbors to call DSS. After that she nursed for a long time, played with Miles a little and went grudgingly to sleep.
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