March 6, 2021 - Saturday (152/365)
We celebrated Ollie's 2nd birthday today! It obviously was nothing huge, but Ben's dad and Hazel came over and we had some good food, some presents, and sang to the little birthday girl. It was such a nice time. This pandemic really shows you how much you miss people. I know that sometimes (in normal times), weeks and months would go by between visits and we'd feel like we were too busy, etc., but now that the choice has been taken away from us and we are rarely busy, the ache of isolation is kind of always there. When we get to see people we love, the ache eases a bit. I'm so thankful that they drove over here and spent the day with us today.
I expected myself to post a picture of Ollie for today, but I captured this sweet moment between Clemi and Grandma Hazel and this was it, for me. I know it's nothing flashy. It's not even that great of a photo. But Clemi was sitting, reading her a story that she made a little paper character for (the paper doll had one outfit on the front for the first half of the story and then a second outfit on the back for the second half of the story!), and Grandma sat and listened to every word. Clemi needs that kind of love and attention and I was so glad that after working so hard on her story, she got some positive affirmations for it.
Poppop and Ruby also had some fun together today. Ruby, as always, spent most of the time in her own little world and only wanted to include Poppop in the ways that she wanted him to be included, but she played right next to him for most of the day and he found his own methods of interacting with her while she did her thing.
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