It Was a Lovelies Night

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Tonight, I had the Lovelies (Cathy, Anne, Laura, Marcia, and Tunabreath) over for dinner. Iz asked me all day when the party was going to start and who would be coming. She was so excited. Upon arrival, each Lovely got a Hello Kitty sticker from Iz. She showed everyone the cats, quizzed everyone, and was the perfect hostess.

When I went to fetch the pizza, Iz asked if she could be in charge of the party. I told her she could, and she asked me if I could let everyone know that she was in charge before I left. And, so I did. When I came back from getting the pizza, she was parked in the middle of the sofa with a coloring book and crayons amidst all the chatting Lovelies.

They all told me how cute she was. And, I’m so glad they did, because sometimes it’s easy to forget. Like when I’m down in the basement cleaning the cat boxes, and she’s on the second floor yelling, ”Mom? Mom?! Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom?!” And then I yell back, “Just a minute, Iz!” Then I hear her scream back, “What, Mom?!?!?!!? What?!?!”

After Iz went to bed, they said that they wanted to write her a letter that she could read in the morning. So, I got paper, gel pens, and pencils. They passed around the paper and the pens and pencils. And, each Lovely wrote something.



Dear Izzy-
Thank you for the Hello Kitty sticker + teaching me the hoot owl song. Have a happy Halloween. I hope you have fun on crazy hair day! ♥ Laura

Isabelle,
It was so nice to meet you last night! I LOVE my Hello Kitty sticker – you were very thoughtful to share them with us! You are a very special girl and you are very good at being a party host. Love, Anne

Izzy- Thank you so much for showing me your house + your room. You are a very smart and very sweet girl. I hope to see you very soon! Love, Marcia

Hi Izzy- It was great to meet you! You are a wonderful hostess at the party. Thank you for talking such good care of us while we were visiting at your house. Love, Cathy

Hi Izzy!
I hope you had sweet dreams – we were very noisy while you were sleeping…. I always like seeing you and I hope to see you soon! Love, Auntie Melissa

Tunabreath (a.k.a, Auntie Melissa) covered the letter with kitty faces, stars, and rainbows.

When leaving, Anne showed me the letter and said, “I’ll stick it here on the refrigerator.”

I look at it now, and I think how much Iz will love reading her beautiful letter tomorrow from her five lovely new friends; and then I look at the letter again, and I think how much I love reading this beautiful letter to my daughter from my five lovely old friends. ♥