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ariella. 18 years old. you held her hand all through costco. voluntarily. that’s the first you have ever done that with a person outside of our family! you told her about your cars, how they’re little, not so big, and how you also have so many MTA trains. you watched her, admired her, waited for her to finish doing her things so you could hold her hand again. you asked to sit next to her in the…
not because you were so sick you passed out on the rug. we did bedtime together. stories, songs, fave part of the day. a chat. some giggles. goodnight. we left the room, left the door open. you talked to us from your bed for a few minutes, told us to go to sleep. i tucked you in like three more times, and i let you know if you kept talking we’d have to close the door. you asked to close the door…
“are you serious?” sulking with your arms crossed and eyes rolled wearing a diy name bracelet
last night, before we went to sleep, as you were tossing and turning between me and dada, you took my head and gave me sooo many kisses. and then again. and again. and again.
“the coyote is similar than the prairie dog.” “WG loves me because i talk to him so much.” “i wanna muo muo your hand.” “blueblerries.” “mama, did you get your reperiod?"
sunday we got it. it started last week on wednesday, when i was on the phone with amex, and you had fallen asleep on the rug in child’s pose. you have never put yourself to sleep ever! you took a two hour nap, and then i offered to take you to the transit museum. it made me so sad to see you so tired and laying down. you told me, “ok mama, but i just wanna lay here for a few more minutes.” we went…
you love to eat your vitamins.
Thanks to your big cousin A for teaching you that phrase! Other cute things… “That’s a great idea!” “I want to sleep with you forever.” “Mama bear,” “mama crab,” “mama cat” - I’m all the above To someone watching you eat yummy food, “Do you want some? Here you go!” (except for little A) "No, no. I like people, I just don’t like A.” “That’s so silly.” “I’m not going to watch T.V. because that’s…
“… because she’s sad with her life, mama.”
We sang happy birthday to you in all three languages yesterday, in the morning. You were SO shy. SO happy. We spent the morning playing and waiting for dada to come home from soccer, and we all went biking by the bay (cousins and AY too). Then everyone came over for dinner and we had burrito bowls. And raw vegan carrot cake! You were so excited for all the birthday money. You said you wanted to go…