Reading the notes for this post, things on it seem so long ago.
Curie went to her first martial arts class to see if she would be comfortable there with if she did after school activities, and Albert had an empathetic conniption remembering the discomfort he had with anything new at that age; Curie is a much stronger soul apparently because though she was learning while she was participating, she loved it. Afterward, she wanted to play martial arts and be the teacher while showing us what we were supposed to do including when to stand and when to sit. She told all her friends she was going to learn to fight like Rey, and Albert’s emotional fragility aside, we will likely enroll her even if she doesn’t need it for after school.
In this time we have had a bit of a rough time while trying to rent out our old house. Albert was not getting enough sleep, had some vertigo and generally was not taking care of himself. Curie in her infinite and innocent caring told Albert: “Dada, get some rest okay?” And another time when he was so tired that he had his head in his hands, she asked “Dada, why are you sad?” What an amazing girl.
For the longest time we called Froot Loops vacation Cheerios and that is what Curie would call them but in this month she identified them as Froot Loops in the store making us feel a little sad that she was growing up; we want her to be everything she is supposed to be, but we can’t help feel that we want her as her little girl too. We need to enjoy each moment including the whining and a crying and embrace each step.
Curie loves My Little Pony but understands that the new over sexualized ponies as girls are bad, just like she knows we don’t like Barbie except for the doctor one. Well anyway, we indulge her quite a bit with blind bags (which Elia has picked up) and has been trying to get a Princess Celestia. Well, Albert being the softy realized that we were better off spending a little more on eBay or Amazon buying someone who already got Princess Celestia and bought it for her. Of course not thinking things through, he only bought one and when the package arrived, Elia wanted hers, leading Albert to have to buy another. Note, after getting it, Elia has not played with it – of course.
We started making our own surprise eggs which is just as good for Curie as she makes her own surprise eggs videos as well. We don’t post any, but we have a 12 minute video of her opening eggs and narrating. She is quite good and we think it is good for her self-esteem.
We went to California at the end of the month for Erin’s work and found that Curie fit in a booster seat with a high back, so it might be time soon to change car seats for her. She was amazing on the trip, and we were terrible parents having her get up so early and sleeping so little. She held it together pretty well though, and was so good pulling the large car seat bag in the airport.
We say it a lot, and we’ll say it a lot more we love our girls, and the girls love each other. This month Curie asked Elia if she loved her, and finally got the response she wanted. With hugs, with family pictures, with holding hands insisting on prayers at the table, insisting that we eat at the dinner table at all, resting on our shoulder, telling us she loves us, Curie continues to light up our lives and fills us with an almost overwhelming sense of caring for her.