We snuck away for the weekend up to Kalamazoo, MI, to watch Jbird's teacher perform a solo recital. Here's a review. I recognised one of the Scarlatti Sonatas from a BBC Jane Austen mini-series, was fun to hear it in its entirety and live. I loved the rest of the recital. We have only heard him play concerti with different orchestras. Although they are flashy and exciting, they always leave me wanting more.
The following day while Jbird was at a Master Class, my brother, sister-in-law, and I went for a 5 km meander through some farm land. Their local farm-share is organising a fun run so we were checking out the track and looking for possible issues with it. BabyBird slept happily on my back. It's chillier up there, I was glad I had bundled up. When she was awake she seemed to enjoy observing different farm animals.
We had decided to celebrate BabyBird's birthday a few weeks early as we were staying with family. It was a small affair. We made it a party by having streamers, balloons, and party hats. I was hoping for a good cake-smashing but she wasn't interested in her cake at all even though she loves strawberries and it was a strawberry shortcake. I think the cream put her off. There will be other opportunities to smash cake I guess.
She travelled well and slept well. She also allowed others to hold her doesn't always happen. I felt as though she might have recognised my brother. We arrived home on Sunday afternoon feeling satisfied and happy after our short trip away.
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