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May 03, 2005
Diane's third birthday
Mick and Jeanne finally arrived with Matthieu and Alexis yesterday in the early evening after spending 9 hours in the car. The boys were glad to get out and run around.
I arrived home shortly after that. It was time to have dinner and then cake for Diane's birthday.
The dinner went well, even with 5 children at the table. But when Nathalie brought Diane's cake, the battery on the camera ran out, and I hadn't charged the spare. So I'm not sure we have photos or video. Also, when Diane saw the cake, she started screaming, got in my arms, and buried her face in my shoulder.
Getting 50% older all at once is hard to take. Maybe her brother had been telling her that when she made it to three years old, she'd have to move out of the house.
Posted by Mark at May 3, 2005 02:36 PM
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I remember going off and crying by myself when I turned six years old because my older brothers told me I would have to start school in the fall (we had no kindergarten) and I would have to get a smallpox "shot" with a needle "this long" (imagine someone holding up their hands indicating a length of about 10 inches.) I could see a needle that long would go completely through my arm and several inches into my chest.
Posted by: Dana at May 3, 2005 07:02 PM
I definitely won't tell Timothee about that one. He already comes home every other day with tall tales from people in his class, but hasn't yet gotten the idea of using them to scare his sisters.
Posted by: Mark at May 3, 2005 10:12 PM