Her family and friends celebrated Molly’s January 26th. second birthday with vigor, an occasion she seemed content to embrace while managing to control her focus. The festivities began Friday afternoon after school on the playground when her Nana (Pretty) and Naynay (me) came to pick her up – her great Aunt Darlene and Dawne had driven down from the upstate to get the weekend started. They took great pictures!
Molly going full speed ahead with Ella close beside her
Molly all smiles when Ella is near
Ella and her best buddy Thomas made it to the top,
sharing a moment
Molly takes a playground break –
turning two years old wears me out
Birthday dinner at Mexican restaurant – where else?
left hand? right hand? both work fine to eat Mexican food by myself
Ella and Naynay study chips, salsa and queso – they’re wasting time
The Party
Ella and Molly tackle the Bounce House in the back yard
I think my school friends found my toy box
oh well, they make me say sharing is caring…but she has my doll
my teacher Miss Stefanie came to my party – she brought her son Cole
my mom Caroline and dad Drew love me to the moon and back
Mama and her friends worked so hard for my birthday party –
I had the best time
my Nana and Naynay love me, too –
they let me do whatever I want to do
BIRTHDAY CAKE!
Happy Birthday to me!
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Molly was oblivious to another birthday gift she received when a woman named E. Jean Carroll received an $83.3 million dollar settlement on Molly’s birthday against a former president of the United States for his years of bullying her in public. Carroll’s stand was a ray of hope that will help Molly and all little girls have the courage to be brave when they are confronted with behavior designed to make them feel lesser than. Thank you for that gift, Ms. Carroll.
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9 responses to “Molly’s Big Birthday Weekend”
Sugar rush…………….. Zonk! Such fun. I believe Ella has some cool new specs?
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Yes! Of course you would be the one to notice Ella’s new glasses which have been quite the event in the last few weeks! I went with her and her mother to the eye doctor’s appointments that led to the discovery of her farsightedness which we hope can be a solution to the eye condition. She was so very brave for the tests considering she’s only 4.
Fingers crossed she will keep them on. So far, so good.
When she found out she was going to get glasses, she sat in my lap, looking at me and said, “will glasses make me ugly”
You can imagine my reassurances, but honestly why does a four year old have to think about something like that?
What messages do we send to our little girls, right?
On another note, how happy was I to see Sinner win the AO?
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Great they caught her need as early as they did. I always wanted to wear specs, so many cool frames around 😀 Make sure she has choice to reflect her mood! Oooooh, the anyone but Djokovic outcome was splendid and Sinner did himself proud.
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Thank you again for encouragement for Ella – and Sinner, too! We are on the same page for life.
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What a birthday..I’m exhausted too!
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June, save your strength, my friend – you will understand exhaustion before long!!
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Hahahaha…you’re so right Sheila!
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Sweetness! Happy Birthday Molly.
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Thanks so much, Cindy!!
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