An outing to get Charlotte's hair cut

Olivia went back to school today. She seemed perfectly fine and her spots were gone and so I saw no reason to keep her home another two days. Plus, she was supposed to go on a field trip with her Italian class today. They were visiting an Italian school and meeting the Italian students. When I dropped the kids off, I went up to see Ivana to ask if I needed to sign a permission slip. While in her classroom, Ivana showed me a test that Charlotte had completed yesterday. It was two pages of writing with virtually no mistakes. My daughter is not only a fluent Italian speaker; but a fluent Italian writer too. I am so proud.

While I was at the school, I also stopped by the nurse's offices and FINALLY dropped off the kids vaccination forms. It turns out, Olivia did get a chicken pox vaccine, and also a booster.

Otherwise it was are regular day. I worked out in the morning; did some laundry; and, started to pack for my trip to Boston. I managed to get my nails done, even though I made the appointment at the wrong location. I had no idea "my" nail place even had two locations, but apparently I had called their other store when I scheduled my appointment. When I arrived, she called, and confirmed that Fabianna was expecting me at Piazza Fiume. I had ridden my bike and hadn't brought a map, but Josh helped me navigate there over the phone.

Afterwards, I took Charlotte to get her haircut -- finally; her first in Rome. She really wasn't happy about it, although it came out looking great. Olivia came with us and entertained the guys at the Salon. At Noi, they have English magazines and both girls went right for the People.

We took the bus part of the way through Villa Borghese, and then walked home. Charlotte went to swim practice, and then to a birthday party afterwards. Josh and I tried to eat with Olivia and Avery in the garden but there were a few problems. First, I was on phone with the insurance company for an hour trying to get a simple piece of information about the dental plan I was considering. Then Avery, without a nap today, was too tired and started putting tree leaves in the salad. He was removed from the table and taken to his room; but then he was hungry and allowed to rejoin us. Once everyone had settled down (including me, from the infuriating experience of speaking to 5 representatives at Blue Care Dental without getting an answer to a simple question), Olivia entertained us with a singing performance. That was truly delightful.

I finished packing and then went to pick Charlotte up from her party. Of course, Charlotte was embarrassed by my presence because the party wasn't over yet. (Come to think of it, I don't know if there has been one Italian birthday party that our kids have attended has has ending "on time.") Still, I had been invited for dinner but declined, so now I joined the adult table and chatted with some of the other parents while I waited for Charlotte. It's amazing to see how much she's grown up this year.