Claire's 4th Birthday Party

April 13 - 18, 2010

Alisha is slowly regaining her strength with physical activities, but is still not able to keep up with other kids. Being home bound and sedentary for the last eight months, her muscles have atrophied. Sometimes, she feels a bit discouraged since she has always been the fastest runner at her school. With that said, she tries very hard to keep up with speedy Ashley and forces herself to run. She competes with Ashley whenever she has enough energy to do so. Alisha builds her stamina playing tennis and could spend hours hitting balls - she doesn't do a lot of running, but she tries to hit the balls.

One of our close family friends hosted a birthday party for their 4 year old, Claire at a park. At first, we weren't going to go, but Alisha's blood result came back quite positive, so we ended up attending the party. Luckily, it was at a park with plenty of breathing room, so Alisha was not in close proximity to other children. Tinkerbell arrived with a bag of tricks where the little ones played with parachute, bubble blowing, balloon twisting and face painting. Other than the various park apparatus, the girls ran around chasing after one another. As the kids line up to pick their party favor, Ashley of course grabbed the Winnie-the-Pooh water cup as she is more into dressing up and playing with princesses. Alisha went for the watergun and immediately asked for a bottle of water, which we refused knowing that she will use it to fill up the watergun. Leave it up to childhood ingenuity, she found the water fountain, filled her watergun and started attacking Ashley and wetting the mushroom seats at the park.

Legos are progressing well. She combined Green Grocer and Corner Cafe and is eagerly working on the Ferris Wheel. Her motivation (not that she needs one when it comes to Legos) is to watch the Ferris Wheel spin. Other than the Legos, the girls worked on their latest culinary creation - tomato basil salad with onions. Although Alisha's appetite has not been stellar of late, she usually eats what she prepares herself.