Spring is coming

The girls don't go to school on Friday. So we had big plans today....first, swimming at the Y, then lunch at the pharmacy, then a nearby playground, and finally some errands downtown requiring a bus ride. They love riding the bus. Well, while I was putting on my shoes, they got into an argument which ended with Clara biting Margaret's finger hard enough to draw blood. Needless to say, Clara ended up getting a swat (I swat them if they hurt each other on purpose, and with delight) and then was confined to the Uncooperative Chair for a few minutes. And she was not allowed to go swimming. The last one was the hardest to enforce. She wanted to go swimming and had even gotten out our swim bag and swim suits and a snack for afterwards. And then she didn't get to go. Even Margaret missed her. But when we got home, Clara told me she wasn't going to bite Margaret anymore. She had not bitten her in two years, and she had never drawn blood. I don't think she will do it again.
We walked to Five Points, a nearby commercial area, and they helped me return some cereal at our local health food store. Then we stopped at the toy store for a quick viewing of possible Easter bunny gifts and at the consignment shop to see if anyone had purchased some clothes i was trying to sell. Lots of new toys and great gifts but no one has yet bought anything of mine. Too bad, the two are related.
Clara wants a few things. She wants so many things, she told me, that we need to get a bigger house to hold them all. Ha ha, I said to her. She said I don't need them, Mommy, I just want them. I explained everyone wants things they don't need. And that sometimes it's fun just to look. She agreed. Margaret wanted what else? A bunny. And a fake cell phone so she can call Roxy. We haven't seen Roxy in weeks. Her husband is making her clean houses instead of babysit, because house cleaning pays more than twice what babysitting does. I always thought you dance with the one what brung you, and i did direct her to all her house cleaning clients....but they do things differently in Salvador. I'm needing someone just one or two afternoons a week, just so i can think quietly for a little while. If anyone knows anyone, send them my way.