Thursday was a peaceful day. Mary went to school (It was slipper day, perfect for Mary’s unicorn slippers!), but Lydia had thrown up in the middle of Wednesday night, so I kept her at home again. I couldn’t stand the thought of Ammon missing his library class, though, so we all went on that outing. Lydia was very sweet and even went to watch the toddler time puppet show. She was definitely more interested than Clarissa, who was zooming around trying to figure out how to best attach her mouth to the disgusting water fountain fixture and also taking books off of shelves.
One of my favorite parts of the day was reading my book during Clarissa’s nap while Lydia lay curled up next to me reading hers. Ammon crawled into bed with us because I guess we looked cozy.
Then at dinner to celebrate the last day of Black History Month we read several poems from Langston Hughes and discussed them with the kids. I love that my kids are old enough for these kinds of conversations! We had chicken enchiladas, salad, papaya, and jello with fruit that Abe made the night before. He was enamored with this video and enlisted the girls in the cause.
Abe played basketball in the evening and when he came back, I woke up from my late night nap and wasn’t able to fall back asleep until 5am. I spent part of the time ordering some birthday presents for Lydia and trying to figure out how best to do art history dinner discussions in the future. It was so fun.