Happy birthday, Clarissa!!! Since I was in Midway the previous two days, Abe, my mom and the girls took care of making sure everything was ready to properly celebrate Clarissa today. The balloons and presents were ready, the cake was baked, and the house was clean. I arrived at the house a little after she woke up but after she was already dressed. Mary and Lydia picked her dress and we sang to her all morning. Clarissa joined in and kept singing “Happy day Sa!’ to herself. And she’d go around shrugging her shoulders with joy. It was adorable.
My pictures won’t load, but here are Abe’s:
Clarissa at the brink of two is the darling of the family. We are all enchanted with her, especially Mary. She is feisty, opinionated, and SO cute. It’s hard to say no to her for so many reasons. (For one, she is cute. For two, she will make our lives, um, exceptionally loud and psychologically pain-filled if we don’t do exactly what she wants all the time.) So, Clarissa, you have us all under your spell. We love you!!