Thursday, July 28, 2016
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bearshortyIt was Tanya's 2nd birthday today! She woke up at 6:20am and didn't even linger in bed. She knew there would be special stuff. Bear and I decorated the living room yesterday with a birthday banner and lots and lots of balloons. And I put her presents in a giant birthday bag in the middle of the play floor. Of course, being 2, she completely ignored the presents and just wanted to play with the balloons for over half an hour, before I coaxed her into opening her presents.
We got her "Stories for 3 year olds" book (she has "stories for 2 years olds" book, which is her favorite, it's falling apart from so much reading. So she immediately opened the new book and leafed through it) and a collection of Beatrix Potter stories (the author was also born on July 28). We also got her another coloring book, and two plushes: Minnie Mouse and Spider Man (she loves Spider Man even since she saw me watching "Captain America Civil War" trailer and found Spider Man cameo hilarious. I then showed her the Spider Man song, which she now tries to sing along to).
All our cartoons today were birthday themed: from Masha and the Bear birthday episode to Elmo's World Birthday and Russian Winnie the Pooh episode with Eeyore's birthday.
My parents came around 8:30, as I was finishing cleaning the bathroom (we had guests today), and brought over five helium balloons to Tanya's immense joy. We kind of had to convince her to leave them behind so Bear and I could take her to the playground. Bear took a day off work today, since his parents were coming in the afternoon for her bday party. At the playground, she ran around the sprinkler, did the swings and played with a few girls. We brought balloons with us to inflate for her playground friends. Since her Papa was home, she didn't want Mama around too much, so when I came to chat with Bear near the sprinkler, she ran up, pushed me back a bit, pointed at the bench and said "idi tuda" ("go there"). She does that when Bear is home and she just wants to play with Papa. When we were watching "Masha and the Bear" this morning, Bear was in the kitchen, assembling his cereal. As soon as he appeared in the living room, she said to me "Mama, vstan'. Papa syadet tut." ("Mama, get up. Papa will sit here). She just tells me to go to the kitchen. At least, at nap time, it's all Mama and snuggles and grabbing Mama's hair for comfort.
One of the babysitters at the playground actually took a trip to a dollar store nearby with another grandma and got Tanya a balloon and a dolphin bubble gun toy. Tanya loved the balloon but unfortunately let it go accidentally. It got stuck in a tree, so now we will probably see it for a while. At least she really loved the toy too, and kept blowing bubbles with it and wasn't too upset. We gave her a regular balloon right away.
After lunch and nap, we were ready for the party. My Mom was going to have guests but they had to reschedule, so she had all this food from golubtsy (stuffed cabbage), to venegret (veggie beet salad), to cabbage and egg pie. And some smoked salmon cold cut slices. So we had lots and lots of food. After her snack, we put Tanya's nice fancy dress on and waited for her other grandparents to come. It was a small party but fun. Tanya got gazillion more presents. My parents gave her a big art set, a book of Pushkin fairy tales, a hat, sneakers and a set of 8 Elmo books that some with a "Smart Pad" where you push buttons and they make noise to accompany the books. Bear's parents got her a scooter and helmet, the cutest raincoat and rain boots, slippers and a set of Little People Princess figurines. She is such a girl, she loved trying on the raincoat and rain boots. (She also wanted to wear her necklace to the playground because she saw me wearing one). Too many presents for one little girl but she is the only grandchild on both sides. There is not reigning it in.
We had lots of food and tea and cake. I made cheesecake yesterday and my Mom decorated it with zefir (marshmallowy desert), raspberries and blueberries. Tanya was looking forward to blowing out that candle for a week. We gave her a slice of cake and she ate half of it at least. It was a big chunk. So that was her dinner, in addition to some watermelon and milk.
Then all the grandparents went home, and we did a bath and bedtime and it was time to sleep (8:30pm) after an exciting day. The balloons are here to stay for a while, so that should be fun for her. And on Saturday we are having a little get together to celebrate Tanya's and Ida's birthdays together and eat Thai food.
We got her "Stories for 3 year olds" book (she has "stories for 2 years olds" book, which is her favorite, it's falling apart from so much reading. So she immediately opened the new book and leafed through it) and a collection of Beatrix Potter stories (the author was also born on July 28). We also got her another coloring book, and two plushes: Minnie Mouse and Spider Man (she loves Spider Man even since she saw me watching "Captain America Civil War" trailer and found Spider Man cameo hilarious. I then showed her the Spider Man song, which she now tries to sing along to).
All our cartoons today were birthday themed: from Masha and the Bear birthday episode to Elmo's World Birthday and Russian Winnie the Pooh episode with Eeyore's birthday.
My parents came around 8:30, as I was finishing cleaning the bathroom (we had guests today), and brought over five helium balloons to Tanya's immense joy. We kind of had to convince her to leave them behind so Bear and I could take her to the playground. Bear took a day off work today, since his parents were coming in the afternoon for her bday party. At the playground, she ran around the sprinkler, did the swings and played with a few girls. We brought balloons with us to inflate for her playground friends. Since her Papa was home, she didn't want Mama around too much, so when I came to chat with Bear near the sprinkler, she ran up, pushed me back a bit, pointed at the bench and said "idi tuda" ("go there"). She does that when Bear is home and she just wants to play with Papa. When we were watching "Masha and the Bear" this morning, Bear was in the kitchen, assembling his cereal. As soon as he appeared in the living room, she said to me "Mama, vstan'. Papa syadet tut." ("Mama, get up. Papa will sit here). She just tells me to go to the kitchen. At least, at nap time, it's all Mama and snuggles and grabbing Mama's hair for comfort.
One of the babysitters at the playground actually took a trip to a dollar store nearby with another grandma and got Tanya a balloon and a dolphin bubble gun toy. Tanya loved the balloon but unfortunately let it go accidentally. It got stuck in a tree, so now we will probably see it for a while. At least she really loved the toy too, and kept blowing bubbles with it and wasn't too upset. We gave her a regular balloon right away.
After lunch and nap, we were ready for the party. My Mom was going to have guests but they had to reschedule, so she had all this food from golubtsy (stuffed cabbage), to venegret (veggie beet salad), to cabbage and egg pie. And some smoked salmon cold cut slices. So we had lots and lots of food. After her snack, we put Tanya's nice fancy dress on and waited for her other grandparents to come. It was a small party but fun. Tanya got gazillion more presents. My parents gave her a big art set, a book of Pushkin fairy tales, a hat, sneakers and a set of 8 Elmo books that some with a "Smart Pad" where you push buttons and they make noise to accompany the books. Bear's parents got her a scooter and helmet, the cutest raincoat and rain boots, slippers and a set of Little People Princess figurines. She is such a girl, she loved trying on the raincoat and rain boots. (She also wanted to wear her necklace to the playground because she saw me wearing one). Too many presents for one little girl but she is the only grandchild on both sides. There is not reigning it in.
We had lots of food and tea and cake. I made cheesecake yesterday and my Mom decorated it with zefir (marshmallowy desert), raspberries and blueberries. Tanya was looking forward to blowing out that candle for a week. We gave her a slice of cake and she ate half of it at least. It was a big chunk. So that was her dinner, in addition to some watermelon and milk.
Then all the grandparents went home, and we did a bath and bedtime and it was time to sleep (8:30pm) after an exciting day. The balloons are here to stay for a while, so that should be fun for her. And on Saturday we are having a little get together to celebrate Tanya's and Ida's birthdays together and eat Thai food.