August 7, 2009 - Grace for President

Jean (aka "Bibi") and Jen came from New York to visit us in Kenya. Grace was very lucky and happy to finally get to meet them and also to get several nice gifts from them.

My personal favorite of the gifts she got is a book called:

It is the story of a girl who dares to ask "Where are the girls?!" when her teacher puts up a poster of all the American presidents. You can imagine the school election that follows as Grace learns about how one gets to be president. You can also imagine the outcome of that school election. It is a GREAT book, especially for our Grace (when she becomes president I am sure there will be some scandal about how she wasn't born in the USA but I do have documentation to prove that she is eligible.).

She also got a NYC police car and some NYC tshirts, as well as a "future freshman at Harvard" onesie (although, like me, she might go to Syracuse first):


And while Grace continues to do well eating rice cereal and sleeping much more than she used to, the big news of the day is that Grace can now sit up by herself! She has been able to do it for about 5-10 seconds for a little while now, but today she did it for 4 minutes and then 5 minutes and 9 and 10 minutes! Our neighbor, Mae, was over to play with Grace and was a good "spotter" as Grace was sitting up longer and longer. I just can't believe: yesterday she couldn't do it and today she can! This will be an especially useful skill (sitting up!) when our Grace becomes president for sure.

LMW