Yesterday was our first experience at church with Maggie. We decided Easter would be a good day to try it out since it was likely to be loud and busy and kid-friendly. And it was. And she did great. She ate her breakfast until the sermon, took a quick time-out backstage to pull herself together, then spent the rest of the service bobbing happily on the sidelines in her front carrier. She fell right asleep when the Bach cantata began and then woke up to eat in the Public Gardens while us parents got to people-watch. I wish she'd been awake and alert for the procession of the puppets at the beginning of the service and the Morris dancers at the end, but she did spectacularly well for a first time out. Of course everyone thought she was precious and adorable in her new Easter dress and bonnet. Of course.
She slept through a lot of fun things this week (which is soooo much better than screaming through them). On Friday she and I went to World's End, a park-like area on the harbor with trails and carriage paths. She missed that one completely due to a nap. On Saturday we went to the Museum of Fine Arts for an early birthday present: a scavenger hunt/mystery in the museum. And we came in first place! Her participation consisted of eating through the first half and sleeping through the second.
I guess she had some to catch up on after a rough time on Thursday and Friday. We started giving her vitamin drops of A, C, and D. These upset her when she was really little, but she's been great with the straight vitamin D. When the D bottle was all eaten up, we switched back to the tri-vitamins. Bad idea. There's just something in there that doesn't sit well with her. Back to D we go for a happy baby again.
