Today my mom hosted an early Thanksgiving dinner because she will be in Hawaii during Thanksgiving. It was such a delight to have my brother, Jere, in town, and also my Aunt Bonnie, my cousin Jason and his son Giles. I had not seen Bonnie and Aaron for a long time and it made me so happy to see them, and it was so fun to get to know Giles (he is crazy about monster trucks!). It was also so nice to catch up with my mom and Jay.
After a delicious turkey dinner, we visited my grandma in her care facility. She was in good spirits and so fun to talk to. We learned about a wave frequency therapy she is doing and caught up generally. She’s had multiple roommates pass away and one be very mean to her, but she’s had a good attitude about everything, and she recently moved into a new room with a new roommate.
Lately Clarissa has been crafting a lot, and she has especially been enjoying the glue gun, even though recently she accidentally burned herself with it.
She calls her most recent creation a Chick Stick. Essentially, it is a bunch of popsicle sticks glued together with a piece of yard glued to it. She made a game that is a blend of hide and seek and tag. The person with the Chick Stick has to count to ten with her/his eyes closed while the other person hides. Then the person with the Chick Stick looks for the other person. When that other person is found, s/he has the opportunity to run away and is only caught if the Chick Stick holder can touches her/him with the yarn on the Chick Stick. If the person without the Chick Stick is tagged, s/he then has the Chick Stick and counts to ten while the other person hides and so on.
Mary played this game A LOT with Clarissa and it was fun to hear them having so much fun together laughing as they ran around the house. Before putting Clarissa to bed tonight, I played it with her for 15 minutes and it was the highlight of my day. She is so fun!
In other news, while Lily continues to go very deep on learning about the conflict between Israel and Palestine and is expressing her thoughts through letters and conversation (including at the fun dinner with had with Lucas and Kim at the Lakehouse tonight), we also have another activist in our midst. It’s Mary! She started to feel strongly about the situation of girls chatting at recess having to walk too far to get to their favorite chatting spot, and also about them getting hit with soccer balls while chatting. Here is the letter she wrote to have her school address the situation:
On the topic of Mary, Lily took her to the eye doctor today, I think to get both new glasses (her old ones broke) and contacts in the same visit. Afterwards, they went to lunch with Georgia, which was lovely for all. Here is Mary in her new contacts with her lovely Nana:
Also, I had a major RFP presentation today (virtually) and it was a major relief to be done with it and on to my weekend.
Today Lily spent time with our good friend Betsy Croft. Betsy has gotten really good at making fancy coffees lately with her new kitchen gadget, and Lily loved the creation Betsy made for her (and I’m sure these cups were made by Betsy too!). Lily said she so loved her visit with Betsy. It really made her happy.
