Edith Celebrates Her First Communion

 

Edith's First Communion is a date I'd been looking forward to for a long time, maybe even before she had a name. One of the true heirlooms in my family is the white dress my mom wore for her First Communion in the 1960s. Her younger sister later wore it, followed by me in 1989. My own younger sister and younger cousin also had their day in it.

So when I found out that Paul and I were having a girl, it didn't take long for my mind to turn to the dress. And with only a younger brother and boy cousins, Edith would probably be the last in quite a while to wear it.

She had her chance on Saturday, as the sixth person and third generation to don the outfit. She carefully put on the dress and veil, adding a white mask made by Paul's mom as a nod to the times. The pandemic and distancing measures resulted in two separate communion masses, with family seated a couple of pews apart and each second grader allowed only six guests.

Edith behaved, looked and was perfect. And at the end of the day I carefully packed away the dress and veil, ready for the next generation.

Photo provided by our church.

Baseball Players!

The kids each have a baseball game or three under their belts, not to mention too many practices to count. They’ve both gotten some hits and made it to base. And they’ve both said they don’t really care to play again in the fall — although they both have plenty of time to change their minds!

The games are simultaneously intriguing (look at them apply what they’ve learned!) and never-ending (despite the 60-to-90-minute limit). But it’s fun to see their reactions when they hear the crack of the ball against the bat, and they really ARE learning the rules of the game.

Just a little more than two weeks to go. 

At the End of the Rainbow

Spring break last week saw a streak of sunny days followed by weekend rain. Our house was at the end of the rainbow.

Atticus Turns 6

Atticus had his second pandemic birthday last week, when he turned 6 on April 2.

I have to think that this year's pandemic birthday was better than last year's, when so much was yet unknown. At least this year he had a birthday party, albeit small (only family -- 10 people including the four people in our own household) and outdoors. But we had pizza and cake, so all was well in the world.

6-year old Atticus's favorite ...
In his own words / [what I guessed]

• Food: Candy/ [candy]

• Toy: Lego sets / [Legos and penguins and dinosaurs]

• Book: Wall-E and Star Wars and dinosaur books / [something to do with penguins or dinosaurs or space]

• TV Show: "Dinosaur Train" / [Dinosaur Train]

• Movie: Wall-E and Star Wars / [Wall-E]

• Playground activity: Slides / [swings]

• Color: "All the colors" / [Blue and green and black and brown and white]

• Animal: Penguin / [penguin]

• Song: Antarctic Antics / [no clue!]

• Game: Supermaze (a game he drew and made up)/ [Candy Land or Busytown]

• Fruit: Fruit cup/ [fruit cup, any kind]

• Vegetable: Frozen peas / [Corn]

• Breakfast: Cereal / [Oatmeal with something special in it, like jelly beans or chocolate chips -- usually only when Daddy makes it!]