Saturday, December 26, 2009

G-Momo: Sarah slept soundly until 11:30 am, and, praise God, woke up feeling better. I gave her a dose of Tylenol and we went to Fu Wing Low. Kenny gave her a tin of cookies for Christmas. She ate well. She still looked a little glazed around the eyes, but her demeanor was happy. After lunch she and Steve crashed the helicopter and she laughed at that. Playing Wii with Amber had her laughing hard. She liked it when soccer balls flew at her. Her tiny toy Elmo became her friend everywhere, sharing food at every meal and sharing her pacifier at bedtime.

In the evening she got a little homesick. An airplane flew over and she waved at Daddy, then Mommy, then Nana, Bethany and Papa. She was doing the car sign and wanting to go bye bye, so we visited the apartment for awhile. She was very excited when she saw the “zero” at Beach and McFadden. She showed us her toys, her dog book, and where Mommy and Daddy sleep. She had a nasty messy diaper. Eventually she went to the door, said “Steve,” and she was ready to go. When we got home she had another nasty messy diaper, and her coloring improved a lot. She was her old self again. It was as if she purged the last of whatever was making her sick. G-Momo did the night night routine and she went down easily.

Guffaw’s bonus material: Sarah was feeling well enough that she wanted to ride her bike to Fu Wing Low, so we put on her helmet. She was cute in her helmet and she especially liked squeezing her new horn. About 2/3 of the way there she decided she was done riding the bike and wanted Guffaw to carry her. Fortunately, we were ahead of G-Momo, who drove by and saw Guffaw trying to carry Sarah and push the bike. She stopped and we put the bike in the back of the van and walked the rest of the way. While walking Sarah and Guffaw recited her alphabet. Guffaw said a letter and Sarah generally repeated it. However, on a few letters Guffaw said a letter and Sarah substituted a word she associates with that letter on her own. (E.g., when Guffaw said “D” Sarah said “Daddy.” When Guffaw said “E” Sarah substituted “Ellie.” Similarly, “M” became “Mama,” “N” became “Nana” and “P” became “Papa.”) When Sarah awoke from her nap she saw her thermometer within reach and put it in her ear. She then looked at the readout and correctly read aloud 9. (Her last temperature had been 99 and had not been cleared.) At her house, Sarah had fun showing G-Momo her box. Sarah even got G-Momo to crawl into the box with her.