Saturday, July 01, 2006
Climbing and Sand Castles
One day this week we got up early because we got a phone call. We got to wave goodbye to Daddy as he rode his bike to work.
Then we went to Parent Cafe and I played on the slide.
Lenny and I played in the fort.
In this picture I'm probably watching to see if Daddy is coming home.
Sometimes I like to climb Mom's desk. She always has neat stuff up there.
Thursday Rusty got sick, so we had to take him to the vet. Mom says he has an infection in his tummy.
The vet had him on morphene and an IV for fluids because he is throwing everything up. Poor puppy. When we took him in to the vet he was crying really loudly because of how bad his tummy hurt. I was crying really loudly because we skipped naptime and postponed lunch to go into the vet. Mom said she wanted to cry, too. She should have, everyone else was.
Friday was better, though. First we went to playtime and nursing mothers' circle - where they always have food. I had some juice and cheese and crackers and hummus. Num!
Then I took a short nap in the car while we went home to get our jackets, 
and then we hit the beach for a sand castle building party.
We met up with Lenny and his mommy there.
Then someone upwind started blowing bubbles!
That was awesome!
Then we came home and ate some soup that Mom made last night.
Then Mom went out to make a delivery and check on Rusty. She says he's not hurting as badly, so they turned off the morphene, but he's still on fluids. She says he didn't even lift his head to greet her. He's exhausted from all the throwing up and dehydration.
I miss my puppy. I hope he feels better soon. When we took him in, I was petting him and hugging him and kissing him. He knows I love him. Sometimes he kisses me, too.
Mom says I'm developing a very good sense of compassion. I am always hugging people, or offering kisses to people, or patting my friends gently. Today I walked up to Trilogy while his mommy was nursing him and I rubbed his hair for him. Then I went and brought him a toy in case he got bored while he was snacking.
Mom says that compassion and gentleness will come in handy when I meet my new cousin in August. Cousin Isaac was born on Thursday evening in St. Louis. I can't wait to meet him.
