A Thoughtful Generosity

It was a beautiful custom. When a person who had a break of good luck entered a cafe and ordered a cup of coffee, he didn't pay just for one, but for two cups, allowing someone less fortunate who entered later to have a cup of coffee for free. Luciano De Crescenzo
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"It was a beautiful custom. When a person 
who has a break of good luck entered a cafe
an ordered a cup of coffee, he didn't pay just for one
but for two cups, allowing someone less fortunate
who entered later to have a cup of coffee for free." - Luciano de Crescenzo

It was a beautiful custom. When a person who had a break of good luck entered a cafe and ordered a cup of coffee, he didn't pay just for one, but for two cups, allowing someone less fortunate who entered later to have a cup of coffee for free. Luciano De Crescenzo
Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/cafe-quotes

A New Hair Do

Monday morning: I asked Sofia what happened to Jeffrey, her giraffe and she said “I gave him ponytails!”

 

Museum of Illusion

“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”
― Alan Wilson Watts 

Pre Easter Fun

Saturday we had so much fun with Sofia.  Jocelyn made us French toast for breakfast. 
 
 


Then we baked cupcakes and Sofia frosted three of them for our dessert. 

 

 
 
 
 





 When she finished frosting she held up the knife and said what should I do with this? 
 
I said “you can lick it if you want.” That made her smile so big! 

 

Then we dyed Easter eggs 

 
 

 
 


and had a picnic lunch in the living room where we built a tent and a pretend campsite. 

 
 

 


She loved it. I promised her after her nap we’d have an Easter egg hunt. Joce and I hid 12 plastic eggs and Sofia found them as we guided her with hints of “getting warmer, getting very hot” as she inches closer to finding the eggs. Then she insisted she hide eggs for us as she yelled “getting hotter, hotter and clapping yay good job when we found the eggs! A really fun day for us.

Sunday fun continues:
At home we used the left over dye to do water colors and painted over the eggs too. Then Sofia and I worked on her school memories scrapbook. Parents on their way home tonight. The sun is out on Sunday!

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 
 




“Auntie “Jocelyn prepares Easter egg hunt treats for Sofia’s weekend activities.




 

 

Your Best Life

"Instructions for living a life.
Pay  attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it. "- Mary Oliver

Favorite Parts of the Day For me

 I drove Sofia to school this morning and she said “Gramma let’s talk about Mr. Bean” (She watched this at Xmas with Mike and me) probably not age appropriate for her but she laughed hysterically when he stupidly got a turkey stuck on his head). 

 
 Now all she thinks of is that Mr. Bean. I said “I can’t talk right now I have to drive. She said “but your talking now”. Me:”The light is red.” She says “Well at least can I talk to myself?” “That’s fine”I said and she giggled and chatted all the way to school.

 Sofia is very maternal whether it's taking care of her stuffed animals or giving baths to her Peppa Pig family. She's a very busy lil mommy. 

 

 




 One night Sofia was focused on making a necklace. She said: 
“gramma I’m making you a necklace so when you go back to California you’ll remember me.”

 

 


 

 



 


At 4 1/2 years Sofia is bilingual and while now she has fully surpassed me in speaking and comprehension of Italian she knows I do understand when she speaks to me in that language. She doesn’t ever volunteer to speak to me in Italian, she avoids it. But last night while we lay in bed in the dark we talked about the day we had. We talked about her favorite parts of the day and all the fun we had and we giggled so much. Finally I had to say we have to stop talking now and go to sleep. She snuggled up close and said “Gramma TI VOGLIO Tantissimo!” (I love you very much). Oh my gosh Sofia if you only knew how that made this gramma feel.

Life Happens So Fast