Archive for May, 2008
Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award Dinner
Natalie attended her first benefit as my date to the Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award dinner last Thursday. The annual fundraiser benefits Womanspace, where I’ve worked for the last six years.
Here she is all dressed up and ready to go:
Her favorite part of the evening was looking at the fish in the lobby of the Hyatt:
The end of our illness-free streak…
Our longest (post-daycare) illness-free streak ended last Thursday. Natalie, who hadn’t been sick since the beginning of April when she had croup, had a mysterious fever with no other symptoms for 4 days. We had a trip to the Poconos planned for Memorial Day weekend, so I took Natalie to the doctor Friday morning before we left. We saw Dr. Pierson, who must have been a founding member of the large practice. Natalie was petrified of his white hair and hairy ears and became hysterical before he even got near her. No ear infection, no strep throat, so Doc declared the fever to be viral. Despite the temperature, she was in a good mood for the holiday weekend (more about that in the next post).
Unfortunately, when we got home the fever turned into coughing, sneezing, extreme clinginess, and hardcore crankiness. She had little appetite and trouble sleeping. Today she’s in a better mood and eating a little, but still having explosive-snot sneezes that make her cry. Right now I’m the only healthy one in family—Chris caught the bug and is home sick with fever, aches, and nausea. Luckily, Natalie’s napping now, so I finally have time to blog! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can stay healthy…
One wise Mama
My friend Chloe (just realized we’ve been friends for 15 years!) called me last weekend to say she was in town from VA. Chloe has two kids, Greta (age 4) and Marla (just 8 weeks older than Natalie). We talked about seeing each other (a rare treat) and I immediately started talking about playgrounds and kid-friendly activities. Chloe stopped me and said, “OR, we could get babysitters and go out by ourselves.” Duh! I have been so baby-focused over the past 17.5 months that I didn’t even think of going out without the kids. I replied, “I can tell who’s been a mother longer…I have much to learn from you, Chloe!”
Here we are—our big night on the town, sans kids. It was refreshing to go out to a kid-unfriendly restaurant (and sit down through the entire meal!) and then linger over a cup of coffee, as opposed to slurping it down while chasing after toddlers!
