As I look at the calendar this morning I realized much to my chagrin that we have another full month until school starts up again. Sigh... Not only does K not have a daily structured activity, but the kids she plays with the most have both gone back to the States for extended vacations. We do have a number of playgroups scheduled, including a weekly one on Friday afternoon's at our house, but it really just isn't the same. As a consequence we are facing a daily battle against boredom, not to mention trying to make sure K has enough interaction with other kids that she doesn't become totally feral over the summer. So, without further ado, a small sampling of school holiday activities!
K with the only friends she has to play with because everyone else is out of town :(.
K and T helping me make a giant vat of homemade tomato sauce using tomatoes from our garden. The texture wasn't quite right (a little watery) but the flavor was great. In addition to the basic herbs and olive oil I also added in some olives and capers which added a very nice dimension. We froze a good bit of the sauce and used some last night to make eggplant parm also using eggplant from our garden, so that was pretty cool. I think I will attempt salsa with the next batch of tomatoes. Matching aprons courtesy of grandma!
We did have one very exciting event recently. The Binky Fairy came! After a good month of hype, the Binky Fairy arrived and took all of K's pacifiers and left her with her very own blue big girl bike! This whole exchange was remarkably successful. We met with some resistance at nap time and bedtime on day one without binkies, including a claim from K that the Fairy had taken the wrong binkies and was supposed to have taken T's instead (good creative thinking there!). However, after that things have been smooth sailing. The bike ended up being a bit big for her despite my attempt at careful research, but she will grow into it in no time.
K is dealing pretty well with T as she becomes more interactive and mobile and leaves her days as a lump behind. Often K will play with her, as she is here patiently attempting to show her how the caterpillar car works. Equally often she will just steal her toys. So there is some jealousy, but things are mostly working themselves out. 
As this scene was explained to me, it is a birthday party for baby dog (who, it is worth noting, is actually the stuffed polar bear K is holding and I have no idea why it is "baby dog" and not "puppy" but she is quite adamant on that point), and the purple tub upon which she is precariously perched is a bouncy castle (a common feature at birthday parties here). Happy birthday baby dog!
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