It's the end of another beautiful, warm November day, and Madame has finally fallen asleep... snuggled up to a teddy bear. (Every night it's a new technique, but hey, it's the result that counts. Although getting the teddy bear out of the crib without waking her up might be a challenge...)
We spent most of the day playing in our garden - Mother-in-law and Sister-in-law came over to help us "clean up" for the winter. Piotrek did one final round of mowing (I was going to let him get away with leaving the shaggy look, but his mom insisted), Mother-in-law burned brambles behind the pond, and Sister-in-law took a pair of clippers to the now-expired flower beds. As for me, I put Munchkin in the wrap and walked her up and down until she finally fell asleep, practicing my squats every now and then while clipping at some bushes or gathering some leaves.
Later on we went to visit some friends and their two-year-old daughter. They have a lovely flat near Bielany (the big white monastery towers on the hill, for those who have glimpsed it), all done up in dark blue and white (obviously, the Best Colours). Madame was not at her happiest perhaps, but managed to sit in my lap and calmly drool over everything for quite some time before her wide-eyed bewilderment turned to crankiness and then to despair. But no worries - once we got home, I bribed her with food, then stuck her in her bed and tried all my tricks (ok - I only have one trick, which is running my hand over her eyebrows and nose), until I settled on the idea of replacing myself with the giant teddy bear. Worked a charm.
Since Madame is now three months old, all our
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| We're, like, total BFFs |
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