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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Ebba's First "Boo-Boo"
Ebba scraped the side of her pinky finger a couple of weeks ago - and so earned her first bandaid. She was intrigued - and it stayed on for all of an hour or so.
Barbie Boom
Family friend Joy (an amazing seamstress) told me a few weeks ago that she was going to make Mei Le some doll clothes for her birthday. Well, I think Joy had Way Too Much Fun ... she created a Whole Wardrobe of fantastic fashions, including pjs, sleeping bags, outerwear, and accessories. Mei Le was thrilled. All the girls had an impromptu slumber party (yes, Ebba's sleeping bag is a pillowcase!)
Thanks, Joy!
Mei Le turned Six
Hard to believe - but Mei Le is now 6 years old. Her birthday was Feb. 19, but she had her party on the 14th - a mixed party (boys and girls), if you can believe it. A bit of a challenge for me, as I had kinda figured out the Little Girl Party thing: crafts (usually beading), food, pinata, cake, gifts, princess dress-up. Throw in a couple of boys, tho, and a few of those activities drop off the Top- Five List. So, we did a craft (decorated a wooden letter for each of their names), ate, pinata (with little dinosaurs, bugs, gender-neutral stickers, plus candy - including other than pink!), cake, gifts, dancing (!), and playtime (dress-up for girls, building blocks for boys - it just happens that way!). Everyone had fun.
I'm getting better at this Hair Thing ...
Have now evolved to proper parting before twisting. And, since these pics, have learned to put in a few braid "stitches" at the beginning of each twist to make the base tighter - so hopefully the twists will last longer. Some moms are getting 3-4 WEEKS out of their daughters' twists - I am lucky to get 3-4 DAYS before they are super-fuzzy. Hopefully the new technique will pay off ('cuz it takes a little longer to put these twists in).
When time and/or patience (mine or Ebba's) is in short supply, little puffs (pigtails) are quicker. Have tried 4 and 8:
They will last maybe 3-4 days before needing re-doing. I think her hair is a little short "around the edges", and the short bits pull out and go wild. A friend is making me some satin crib sheets that will hopefully reduce friction (and therefore fuzziness).
Her hair is getting long enough now (4+ inches when pulled out straight) that leaving it free is not really a good choice (tho I usually do it for a day or two a week), bec it pulls so much to comb it through (even when I wet it down with water and de-tangler btw baths) that we end up in tears.
A Little Reminder of ETH
Was folding laundry the other day, and noted a little loop of black thread on my socks ... lingering evidence of the wonderful person (whoever she was!) that did my laundry while we stayed at the Weygoss Guest House. Apparently they sewed loops of thread of diff colours into the clothes of diff people to allow the clothes to be sorted after washing. If I recall, Andrea had red thread. I can't help but picture some patient woman sewing these into all our little bits and pieces!
I subsequently noticed a thread loop on one of my bras. Here's a pic of the sock - I'll spare you my bra! I've decided to leave the loops there ... a tangible reminder of what was such a surreal experience!
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