This morning Anamae was not feeling well, so neither of the girls had harp lessons. That gave me time to finally pick up Basil, bathe Basil, do some groceries, drop off some soup to Anamae, actually work with Clarissa on writing, help Clarissa practice her harp, and read to Clarissa. Clarissa and I did some puzzles together too.
And the very, very best part of the morning was when Abe came out and announced he had a little time to play with Clarissa and me! We all did puzzles and played a candy matching card game together. Basil kept wanting to snuggle everyone which was problematic for the card game, but fun because he smelled good (re: paragraph one).
In the evening the kids had their ballroom dance dress rehearsal which stressed the h-e-l-l out of me. There was a five-video-long hair tutorial I was supposed to follow for each girl’s hair. I just said no way and sent the girls with locks flowing.
We also had dinner with the Harmons. That was so special because we haven’t seen these dear friends in forever. Like, Blair was pregnant last time and now her youngest is almost…two. Granted, we got together soon before the pandemic started, so we lost a year when we were all locked down. But why it’s been almost two years just baffled us all I think. We love them a lot.