Day 10

Maggie slept until 7:00 today...hallelujah! Carly - unfortunately was up at 6:20. Still, I will take it.

It snowed all day today! The girls wanted to get out of the house...so after about 20 minutes of prep we go down the 3 flights of stairs and Carly has to use the bathroom. She just can't wait, so back up the stairs we go, undress Carly, potty, redress Carly and head out again! By this time it's almost 11:00. We head to the library 7 blocks away - snowing on us the entire way. Luckily, the umbrella stroller did okay in the snow. Carly has a love/hate relationship with her mittens - they are so wamr and water proof - great for the snow - but they also drive her crazy - too itchy. She opted for her cotten gloves since we were not planning on playing in the snow. Not a good idea. They were wet the minute we went down the stairs outside the building from holding onto the wet rail...and it's impossible for her not to stop and touch the snow. Maggie also had soaking wet mittens, too, because she decided to stick her hands into a very deep puddle - luckily that was on the way home, though.

The girls got their own library cards which was very exciting - Carly calls hers a credit card. She was pumped that we checked out our books using her card. She had a hard time only checking out 2 books, though...she used to taking at least 10 books. There was no way I was lugging more than 2 books home 7 blocks in the snow.

We left the library at 12:15 at which point I decided it was getting too late to have them walk home on empty stomachs. So, taking a huge risk, we walked farther away from home towards the retail area (Victoria square). We ate lunch at a small cafe. The girls shared a buttered croissant and a ham and cheese panini...I ended up eating most of the panini. I had an americano in one of those tiny espresso cups...the girls thought that was very exciting - especially since it came with frothy milk on top and a very tiny spoon. Maggie immediately took the spoon and dipped it in the drink...she then to my amazement tasted the spoon and said it was "yummy in my tummy". Carly couldn't believe it and thought I should just order Maggie her own americano. That was an interesting conversation. They were the only children in the place - which only had about 6 tables in it. Luckily the staff was super friendly - but I don't think the patrons were quite as happy about our crew. One nice man asked Carly her name and told her that she needed to come back. She totally agreed and has already mentioned to me that he wants her to come back. She had no idea that he probably says that to all his customers. He also asked Maggie her name and she actually responded. I think that is the first time that she has spoken to a stranger.

The trek home was LONG! and wet. I wasn't sure we were going to make it. Maggie even decided to walk some of the way. They ate a second lunch when we got home and Maggie went right to sleep. Carly even asked to get into bed for a while. She didn't sleep, but she was very quiet.

Another good day.