We had a good week, culminating in the holiday party for the St Anthony School Program. Last year, Sarah’s Resource Room (includes multiple grades, but all kids that need a little extra help) performed Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer song, but this year it was a Resource Room from a different school who got to perform a song. Sarah’s friend performed and a good time was had by all.
Amy had a busy day yesterday with a birthday party in the morning and a Girl Scout outing to see The Nutcracker in the afternoon.
I’m away for the weekend so it has been Carl navigating all of the social activities and making sure everyone is where they need to be. Because sometimes one of both kids are on their own at home, Carl had the idea to practice having them call him from our home phone. He and Sarah practiced while Amy was out. Sarah is good at imagining so the scenario felt quite real to her. She called Carl to tell him she had hurt her knee. She was all teary calling. He then felt as if it was real and felt anxious as he hurried downstairs to her. They both needed some snuggles to calm their adrenaline that had spiked with the pretend. Amy and Olivia practiced making calls today.
Soon Sarah will participate in auditions for her school musical. She’s been asking about the musical since Peter Pan ended so I’m thrilled that this is getting going for the year.
I’ve been feeling appreciative of how playful and creative both kids are and how often that can work well for fun times together or as our whole family.
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