A perfect day

I already posted this morning, indicating that we had all slept in. It seemed like a treat, even though it was a very wakeful night for poor, ear-infected Vi. Even though she's not quite herself, we were able to make the most of the day.

It was chilly out, but not so much as to keep us inside. Which was good, because Vi's favorite word right now is, "Outside?" (Always said with a question mark, since it's a very sincere request.) We "played" in the back yard, moving Sticks! from one area! into a pile! so Dada could take them to the dump! It was quite a lot of fun, actually. Then we played "vroom, vroom," which means Vi took off her shoes and pushed all of the buttons on my dash. When, in the midst of quite a lot of fun, Vi threw herself on the ground and started crying we went back inside. She snuggled into me and fell asleep almost instantly. Truly - I'm not being sarcastic about any of this. We were having fun one second, with no signs of sleepiness, cold, boredom, etc, and the next moment she was ready to be asleep. She had a nice long nap, at the regular nap-time, even though her routine for the day was so screwy.

After nap, we dyed Easter eggs! The entire experience, as Dan predicted, took about 1 1/2 minutes. Dan was an excellent photo documentarian, as you will see in the picasa web album posted at the end.

We played outside some more, using D's wagon for a little ride. I made some pizza dough, then Dan went to get some groceries. While I assembled the pizzas, Vi and Dan settled in to watch The Sound of Music. Seeing Vi's face while watching it was precious. It wasn't her first time, but it was the first time she's really tried to sing along. "So, so, so," during the extended version of "Doe, a Deer." She stood up in bed and wiggled around, she made very serious singing faces, she applauded at the end of the puppet show...it was great.

Then we ate hawaiian pizza, homemade with pineapples and bacon.

Yes, we ate the entire package of bacon today.

Talk about a wonderful day!

Enjoy the photos and a few little videos. No children were harmed in the making of these movies. Really.

http://picasaweb.google.com/linzwalsh/MarchAndApril2009?feat=directlink