Today was a magic day!
Sep. 30th, 2008 06:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Ana had off for Rosh Hashanah, of course. So first we went to Manhattan to have lunch with her mom, and since it was the end of the lunch rush the waitress was more than happy to give the girls each a balloon from the display.
Then we walked to Central Park, we went to the Billy Johnson playground, and Ana - for the first time - was allowed to go to the slide while I stayed with her sister in the sandbox. It's a big playground, that's why I never allowed it before.
We got more balloons in the park. We got our faces painted - and mine was thrown in for free, yay! - and really, I think $10 for 3.5 facepaintings (Evangeline moved away from the painter and promptly smeared her picture, so she redid it for us) is more than reasonable. We saw the end of a show with juggling and the girls got to pay the man. And they paid the park musicians. And they paid the singers in the train. Can you say delighted?
We met up with my mom on the way home and played a new card game on the boat. Ana doesn't quite grasp it yet, but she will.
And except for some serious whining at the restaurant, their behavior was beautiful. A little hyper, but wonderful.
I told Ana that today is a "memory day", she'll remember it for years. Even if she doesn't, I sure will. What a happy day!
Oh, and happy Eid, by the way, to anybody who happens to celebrate it :)
Then we walked to Central Park, we went to the Billy Johnson playground, and Ana - for the first time - was allowed to go to the slide while I stayed with her sister in the sandbox. It's a big playground, that's why I never allowed it before.
We got more balloons in the park. We got our faces painted - and mine was thrown in for free, yay! - and really, I think $10 for 3.5 facepaintings (Evangeline moved away from the painter and promptly smeared her picture, so she redid it for us) is more than reasonable. We saw the end of a show with juggling and the girls got to pay the man. And they paid the park musicians. And they paid the singers in the train. Can you say delighted?
We met up with my mom on the way home and played a new card game on the boat. Ana doesn't quite grasp it yet, but she will.
And except for some serious whining at the restaurant, their behavior was beautiful. A little hyper, but wonderful.
I told Ana that today is a "memory day", she'll remember it for years. Even if she doesn't, I sure will. What a happy day!
Oh, and happy Eid, by the way, to anybody who happens to celebrate it :)
