Today Ellie had attended a birthday party with one of her newest classmates in school. Omar has become another very best friend to her because he too is like her in some ways. While Ellie eats with a feeding tube, Omar moves around in a wheel chair.
The kids had a blast during the party and the kids energy level was very high. Omar was so excited to have 10-12 of his new classmates show up to his party. For him this was so exciting because he has only been here in MD for just over a month.
At the party the kids were delighted to have Lucky the Magical Clown painting faces and twisting balloons. Her face painting was amazing and the balloon twisting was also very good. What I was most impressed by her was her patience with the very energetic kids, and how they responded to her. While she was twisting the balloons she involved the children with as much as she could. Today's party did not have any magic tricks as there simply was not time for balloon twisting, face painting, and magic. For more about Lucky the Magical Clown see her website at http://www.luckythemagicalclown.com/
The hardest part for Ellie tonight was the fact that she is back to nothing but her formula, ice, and water again (ice and water in very small amounts). She was wishing she could have food with her friends. Yet she had a blast with a good number of her classmates showing up for Omar's party today.
For me the weirdest part was realizing I am now in the group of parents of older children, and no longer fit in the group of parents of young children. Ellie was one of the oldest children there today, and is our youngest. Somehow this transition has happened without my realizing it happened. Still trying to figure out exactly when that happened as I do not recall that happening LOL...
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