New Zealand! That's not even "we'll miss you, but we'll see you in a few months" far." That's "when you return to the United States, will you move back here?" far. That's "please post lots and lots of pictures and set up a blog site so I can still watch your kids grow" far. That's "can we even talk on the phone or is just too expensive?" far. Not only am I losing my wonderful friend, but Guillermo is losing his best friend, Lazlo, too. And Maya doesn't know it yet, but she's losing one of her best friends, Liska, too. But, enough about that. Today was great and we'll focus on that.
Early this morning, Guillermo, Maya and I checked out a new park (not really new, but new to us) and when we returned home around snack time Lazlo and Liska were riding scooters around the cul-de-sac. The four of them spent the rest of the morning on the scooters, pushing each other in the wagon and just goofing around.
Later, after they left, Guillermo, Maya and I made a chocolate cake (from scratch, no less) for an impromptu going-away party we scheduled for Lazlo and Liska later that afternoon. Making a cake with a 2 year old and a 4 year old requires A TON of patience, but they had fun and Guillermo loved sifting flower. We set up the bouncy house and instantly a party was born.
It turned out that some of our friends' friends were coming to say goodbye so they stopped at our house and another couple from the neighborhood showed up with their kids and soon we had a full party that started at our house and ended at the park, finally around 7:30 p.m. It didn't seem to matter to my kids that dinner was chocolate cake and I didn't really care either. I wish all Fridays were this fun.
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so that's what an environmental chemist looks like... i was beginning to wonder if they really existed!!
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