Dancing Away

Poor Mariel spent Sunday, her birthday, sick in bed with a fever.  We had to cancel her party and she also could not go to her big celebration.  Sunday was a fundraising event for a non-profit that I work with, complete with an Irish Band.  Mariel was pretty sure that the band was really there for her birthday, so it was quite devastating when she could not go.  I took Noella as my replacement helper.  A few lessons learned:  it is much easier to sell raffle tickets when you have a sweet 4 year old charming people; Noella can hang out independently at a bar with suprising (maybe alarming?) ease; and Noella has not yet outgrown her wild dancing phase.  She was quite entertaining for all involved.

Hopefully we can re-schedule Mariel's birthday celebration for next week.  She went with an Irish theme, so St. Patrick's day weekend will work well.