few changes

Sadly, one of your best friends recently had to move out of the city. It's still been a little difficult for you to understand and you've been telling me that you're ready for her to come back. It's been a sad and totally sweet time.

You are also getting into birthday season since most of your friends are summer babies. You keep asking about your own birthday and volunteering to anyone that will listen when your birthday is and how old you'll be. We may have to do something a little special for you.

We've been spending a lot of time at the garden and you've been enjoying fresh blackberries, black raspberries, strawberries, plums, and carrots. You've also discovered the mulberry bush that is about a block from our house and request we take that route home to gather mulberries. It's also the season for lightning bugs and you caught one and took it home and put it in a bottle in your room, but decided the next day to let it go at the park. Michelangelo has been enjoying some fresh produce lately too. Gotta love summer.

Not that I was that concerned about it, but you started a new playgroup this week. It was with a group of kids that had spent the previous year together, so I didn't know how the transition would go for you since you had been a part of a different playgroup too. We showed up and I got Ben out of the stroller and we had a seat on the floor of the play space and within 10 minutes you were ready for me to leave. You gave me a kiss and a hug and asked me if I needed to go get some coffee. I left and that was that. You have been talking about your new friends and the whole situation has been a piece of cake. Way to go, my little friendly girl. Love you squirty.