The Birthday
Aug. 30th, 2007 07:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleaWe took in cupcakes to Casper's old school last Friday. Here she is showing she is turning 4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/casperflea/1270701162/
First day of school was Monday (yes, she's wearing the same dress, but it was washed over the weekend, I swear!): http://www.flickr.com/photos/casperflea/1269852415/
Tuesday afternoon we did PresentPalooza, including The Bike. http://www.flickr.com/photos/casperflea/1269934135/ (The cheap $10 Craigslist Bike; the helmet grandma D. bought cost 3.5 times as much, it turns out!). New Hannas are off ebay; there were Tinkerbell panties, and nice new Carter's school set from Grandma and Grandpa T., and the Madeline doll Grandma D. bought for Casper when she was 2 days old, and a Barbie brand Rapunzel with snap-on clothes, and Grandma D. got both kids alphabet trains with their names. More presents are in the mail, I hear. She's pretty good with the bike already (with training wheels, natch) and Dillo LOVES the bike and wants to ride it. Seriously, he climbed up onto the training wheel and was trying to get in the seat.
Casper picked the dinner menu ("butterfly" pasta, meatballs) and we had a chocolate cake frosted pink with blue decorations. The cake was from the recipe in the back of the book The Bake Shop Ghost, noted as adapted from CI, and was very yummy. Not too sweet, quite chocolately (contains 8oz unsweetened chocolate and 3/4 cup cocoa powder.)
Casper loves her new school so far and didn't want to go back to day care yesterday. Dillo had a rough day yesterday during his visit to the toddler room; I think he was tired and overwhelmed. mr. flea is meeting with his new toddler teacher today. I think this transition is probably the toughest - it's at an age where there's a lot of clinginess and fear of the new (in addition to the striking out on one's own). Dillo's still not walking much by himself, but that doesn't seem to be a problem at school - they give him a push toy to walk with and he's great with that.
First day of school was Monday (yes, she's wearing the same dress, but it was washed over the weekend, I swear!): http://www.flickr.com/photos/casperflea/1269852415/
Tuesday afternoon we did PresentPalooza, including The Bike. http://www.flickr.com/photos/casperflea/1269934135/ (The cheap $10 Craigslist Bike; the helmet grandma D. bought cost 3.5 times as much, it turns out!). New Hannas are off ebay; there were Tinkerbell panties, and nice new Carter's school set from Grandma and Grandpa T., and the Madeline doll Grandma D. bought for Casper when she was 2 days old, and a Barbie brand Rapunzel with snap-on clothes, and Grandma D. got both kids alphabet trains with their names. More presents are in the mail, I hear. She's pretty good with the bike already (with training wheels, natch) and Dillo LOVES the bike and wants to ride it. Seriously, he climbed up onto the training wheel and was trying to get in the seat.
Casper picked the dinner menu ("butterfly" pasta, meatballs) and we had a chocolate cake frosted pink with blue decorations. The cake was from the recipe in the back of the book The Bake Shop Ghost, noted as adapted from CI, and was very yummy. Not too sweet, quite chocolately (contains 8oz unsweetened chocolate and 3/4 cup cocoa powder.)
Casper loves her new school so far and didn't want to go back to day care yesterday. Dillo had a rough day yesterday during his visit to the toddler room; I think he was tired and overwhelmed. mr. flea is meeting with his new toddler teacher today. I think this transition is probably the toughest - it's at an age where there's a lot of clinginess and fear of the new (in addition to the striking out on one's own). Dillo's still not walking much by himself, but that doesn't seem to be a problem at school - they give him a push toy to walk with and he's great with that.