One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was famous… He couldn’t know that at this very moment, people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: “To Harry Potter—the boy who lived!”
I have been waiting so long to read Harry Potter to Livia. It is time! While Jeremy is at a meeting we decided to crack open some play dough and get reading. Or rather, I decided to do this and Livia went along with my plans until…
She was done. And bored again. But Mom wanted to read more. So…
Face paints. Hoo boy, let the good times roll.
This is life with one child in the Tredway household. Harry Potter and play dough and face paints in the span of a two hour meeting on a quiet Sunday morning. You know what also happens with life with one child? Television. I think we set an all-time television-watching-record-of-shame yesterday, so today we’re trying to counter it with something more productive.
**As something of a postscript to my post: Livia would like you to guess what she is in these pictures. The second shot captures her in action.
8 Comments
Rebecca Oct 7, 2012 11:49 AM
And now we have red face paint on a white pillow. Hm.
Renae Oct 7, 2012 12:59 PM
“all-time television-watching-record-of-shame” Ha. Love this. Maybe you set a personal best (worst), but we are all right there with you. :)
Renae Oct 7, 2012 1:00 PM
And I don’t have a guess for Liv, but would love to know. I am impressed that she didn’t get any “lipstick” on her teeth.
Tara Oct 7, 2012 1:08 PM
A kitty? :) what a fun morning! I think you tootally made up for yesterday’s tv watching :). And maybe even earned some kind if cool mom award.
Jen Oct 7, 2012 3:37 PM
I am with Tara. Definitely a kitty. You are doing just fine, mama. And soon dad won’t be at meetings on Sunday mornings!
tasha ourada Oct 8, 2012 7:48 AM
can’t do this if you go to zion…..ha!! well you could i suppose but i’m willing to bet you wouldn’t allow face paint at church…..
Rebecca Oct 8, 2012 8:28 AM
Ding ding ding! Tara is the winner with the guess of “kitty.” Your prize is that the face paints go to *your* house next–woohoo! ;)
Tasha, evening church is awesome. I could write a blog post about how much I love it.
Claudia Oct 10, 2012 6:16 PM
This granddaughter is a hoot…so glad you are creative enough to let her have at it. I don’t think I ever get you get that drama-driven. Of course, you had Andrew to work on. If Madeleine gets the chance, look out Noah R!