May 25, 2008 15:32
Day one of my week alone with Arianna.
It's been going pretty well so far; only a few minor tantrums, but I fear that the fact of Asia and Josh's departure has not yet sunk in, and there will be hell to pay once Arianna realizes her mommy and daddy won't be here to tuck her in or wake up with her.
*sigh*
But she and I get along pretty well, so it won't be too hard, and I'll have various relatives as backup, thank goodness.
Ari and I made 'chocky-cake' together today, that was fun. ^_^ She likes to check out all of the ingredients before I put them in the bowl; which includes poking and squishing and taste-testing each thing. For some reason, she likes to taste plain flour. 0_o Then I put the mixer in the bowl, and she counts down to 'GO!', whereupon I am allowed to mix.
This morning after getting her dressed, we painted her nails (two feet and a hand's worth red and sparkly, to match her outfit, the other hand's worth green) and put her hair up. I asked her how many 'bows' she wanted and she held up her hand. "This many!" so, now she has five ponytails, which are very cute.
As per Dad's suggestion, Asia and Josh made a video on my camera of them singing Arianna's goodnight songs, 'Twinkle twinkle', and 'ABCs' for before the baby goes to sleep, and then Asia made another one for when she wakes up, wishing her good morning and blowing kisses (and telling her to "be good for Kea-kea", which was my favorite part). So far she has watched the morning one a good ten times or so, and we'll watch the goodnight one just before bed.
And that's all I have time for now, as Arianna is getting restless again and wants to go outside to play, which we shall do.
Only five and a half days to go...