Mary Mommy date

On Friday morning I helped Mary learn part of a new piano piece, and it was rough going.

After school I tried to counter that rough experience with some mommy-Mary time. Mary invited Lydia along too but Lydia said that when I am mean to her at the harp she likes being alone with me, and she wanted Mary to have that experience too. Thank you, Lydia! You are such a sweetheart.

Mary and I had the greatest time. Mary is the cutest little talker and I learned so much about her during our date. I had no idea her favorite color is brown! She likes that brown can’t be made into extreme neon shades.

We also had fun laughing at socks and funny cards in one of the shops we browsed. Our favorite card had a picture of a mouse with crazy white hair that said, “A little stressed?” on front. We got a good laugh out of that. Mary thought it would be a perfect card for me (I wonder why?).

Something made Mary laugh really hard while we ate waffles and I am really sad that I can’t remember what it was. But this might have been my favorite part of our date because this quiet child just talked and talked. She is so, so cute.
Santa was charmed by how sweet and shy Mary is.
Browsing in Blickenstaff’s was so fun.

Earlier in the day I took Ammon to his well-check appointment. The doctor gave us a referral to a pediatric orthopedic specialist because Ammon’s walk is so crooked. I hope Ammon does not need surgery. He definitely does not want that!