Keeping Up With Katie

As her future soccer coach commented when Katie went sprinting past him on Saturday, she is fast. "You can't keep up with her!" he chortled, no doubt beginning to worry about what she will do on the soccer field. He was right. It isn't easy to keep up with Katie these days. She is something else. She was up before first light both days this weekend, and she almost never stopped moving. (She paused only to yell at one of us when we were unable to keep up with her schedule and with her incessant demands for food--late delay steroid effects?) We took advantage of Katie's good cell counts and had some adventures.

Our adventure at the basketball game was a weekend highlight. The gym was packed, and it was loud. Katie was thrilled to be part of the action. She ate popcorn, a lollipop and a cupcake. She stood on the bleachers and screamed for the boys. "Go, Rangers!" We stayed late so she could mingle with people she hasn't seen in months. She collected hugs and well wishes. Her pretty (and curly) new hair was a hit, and she pranced around, allowing everyone to pet it. She ran up and down the bleachers, showing off her balance. She was hoarse when we left the game, but she was smiling, and she was enthusiastic about a visit to our horses, so we kept on going. When we finally returned after a grocery shopping trip, five hours after we originally left the house, I was tired, but Katie was just getting started.

The highlight of our day today was a visit from my parents, who came up for lunch. Katie was dressed as a ballerina when they arrived, and we had been dancing, but she put them to work immediately. "Line up!" she screeched, and we were off to the races, zipping around the "track" on the first floor. You know that the tail is wagging the dog when three fairly bright and independent adults willingly sprint through the dining room in pursuit of a pint sized ballerina. It would be interesting to attach a pedometer to those ballet slippers...Our adventure continued with lunch at the East Side, where Katie continued the binge fest that characterized our weekend and insisted on celebrating the birthday of a woman at a table across the room. Only Katie...While she napped briefly on the way to Newport, that was it today. When I think about all the energy she burned and then I remember that she never really napped, I wonder where it all comes from. And then the incessant demands for food make sense...

Anyway, it was an absolute joy to leave the house this weekend with Katie in tow and to PLAY. A good time was had by all.