On Friday we had Clarissa’s well-check in the morning. She is in the 95th percentile for height and 59th for weight. She is perfectly on track for her physical development, although her vocabulary is on the edge of normal. The doctor advised me to read a book a day to her, so we came home and I read fifteen. The problem is Clarissa doesn’t sit through books like Lydia used to. I could read to baby Lydia for hours, no problem, but Clarissa will sit through one book–maybe two, but the rest of the time I’m reading to her as she zooms around the room, climbing on tables and spilling water deliberately all over the floor. She’s just too busy for books, I guess.
Then in the evening I had book club and we discussed The Age of Innocence for two hours. I absolutely LOVED this book, and was thrilled to participate in such a great discussion about it. I have grown to adore the ladies in my book group.