An Active May

Cassie has had a busy month. (Which means I've been running in circles too.)

April 30 she lost her second tooth. It came out while at lunch at school. She carefully wrapped it in a napkin, put it in her backpack and brought it home. We placed it beneath her pillow and the Tooth Fairy left her $.25 (though my brother tried to convince Cassie she should get $100).

She had a playdate with Alyssa S., daughter of friends Brian and Claire S. Cassie had a blast playing dress-up, putting on nail polish with cool dots, running around the backyard, and playing on the swingset. She can't wait to return and play some more. I told her Alyssa could visit and play at our house when she gets her room cleaned up.

Cassie had her six-year pediatrician appointment. She's 46.75" tall (75 percentile), and weighs 49.2 lb (50-75 percentile). She was very relieved she didn't need a vaccination this time around. Dr. Applegate sat back and looked at her, and seemed to be mentally comparing this young girl who was chatting away with him to the baby we first brought to him two days after we got home from China.

We also had Mother's Day. Cassie and I skipped Sunday School/church and visited Betsy in the morning. Then I worked that afternoon and we headed to Mom's that evening. Here's our three-generation photo:

And finally, Deb H. and I held a garage sale on a Friday and Saturday during the Highlands Neighborhood Garage Sale. Cassie joined us on Saturday. She and Deb ran a quick errand and along the way saw an Estate Sale. There they found a gown that was the right size for Cassie to use for dress-up. Does she look like a debutante or what? (Okay, ignore the temporary tatoo...) She wears it for all her tea parties and uses her porcelain tea dishes from Betsy and her silver tea set from Tom and Anne D.