A night on the town

Hi Sidra,
I just wanted to write you thanks for our night out on the town tonight. It wasn't really formal but you were a pretty good date. We helped your mom set up for an event in the park, and then walked over to get a couple of slices of pizza a few blocks away.

Before we left your mom you began the evening by being the first performer in your mom's event, an open mike night. You sang the a, b, c song and 'twinkle, twinkle, little star.' You also told the small audience your name and age when prompted. This didn't surprise me until I heard the 4 year old and 6 year old that followed you. Neither of them could finish the a, b, c song accurately. Anyway, you wowed the crowd with your presence, enhanced by the killer red dress. It should be noted that you didn't wear the shoes in the picture out. They are 'dress up' shoes that are still a few sizes too big.

You were really good at the pizza stand, too. You were happy with cheese pizza, didn't complain about my clothes, climbed into the high chair on your own and were convinced that water in a paper cup was better than the water we brought in your water bottle. You did lose a couple of points though, by asking me to stop singing along to the classic rock songs they had playing on the radio.

When we got home you topped it off by inviting me to go on a bike ride with you. You know that's always a hit with me. You impressed some of the neighbors as you tooled along in your red dress.

It was a really nice evening. It almost made me forget about this morning's manipulations. You and your mom were in a power struggle about eating enough breakfast before you both went off to music class. After two trips to time out and being told you'd be left behind you finally polished off the meager morsels you'd been asked to eat. THEN, you wanted to finish with 'yay, Sidra.' Nothing doing. I'm still not convinced we won that episode.

I forgot to include some statistics in an earlier post. At age 2½, you were 35 3/4 inches tall, weighed 30 pounds, and had head circumference of 50.5cm. The height and weight were a little under the median for your age but you seem to have a big head. For now we are chalking that up to a larger than normal brain.

I'm loving being able to spend a lot of time with you this summer.

Love, aba