This week we celebrated Ms. Sigrid's birthday, about a week or so early. She's been helping us out after school while she's teaching, but our new sitter started yesterday. Since we're not desperate for help, we are swapping risk by adding our new sitter to our circle and (temporarily) removing Ms. Sigrid. So, we wanted to celebrate her birthday and have an excuse to make a delicious dinner for her before she left.
We made green bean casserole, steak (because that's a treat particularly when you're in college), French fries and French onion soup stuffed shells. She bought into my idea for a cookie dough birthday cake to expand upon her request for chocolate cake.
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| It's not a birthday without cake and singing! |
We managed to celebrate with both of our sitters that evening because Ms. Sigrid picked a night that Ms. Bri is at our house because they enjoy sharing "war stories" of our children. I don't blame them. Teddy gets so excited when both of them are here together that he often can't figure out who to boss around.
We enjoyed delicious food, if I say so myself, showed her the picture preview of her present that is still coming in the mail, gave her homemade cards, and Teddy even showed her a perfectly executed ballerina move. She's been working hard to teach him a new dance move that involves putting his hands on his head and spinning in a circle, but she's yet to see him fully execute it without her physically assisting him. He was being a ballerina during the halftime show, so she finally got to witness him complete the move with only verbal encouragement.
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| Notice how she's carrying Teddy on her back. |
I love that we have such amazing people who are truly an extension of our family. Dave's birthday is next week, and I already told him the bar is much lower for his celebration. We'll miss Ms. Sigrid the next couple months, but we're already excited to see her again this summer when she comes back after student teaching!
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