Dear Lila,
Last night, you used the bathroom before your shower and called out, "Uhhhh, Mama?" You got your period! Many of your friends and classmates have had theirs for awhile and I've talked to you about it, so you knew what to expect (and dread) when it finally happened for you. We got a bigger reaction from MuiMui, who watched as I reminded you how to use a maxi pad: "Why is Lila bleeding? What?! Lila is wearing a diaper! Why is Lila wearing a diaper??" Hahaha!
So if that wasn't enough excitement, we were all home this morning and at 10:23am, our house began to shake violently. At first, I thought you and MuiMui were just playing extra rambunctiously in the attic but after a few seconds, I realized that 1) you were both on the second floor and 2) the house was shaking a lot. It stopped after 20 seconds or so and after texting a few neighborhood friends to see if their houses had shook, too, I soon learned that it had been an earthquake! An earthquake! In New York! Wha??!! But it was a small one (4.8 magnitude), so small that not a single one of our picture frames even fell over. Apparently, there was an aftershock around 6pm and you kids felt it in the attic but Daddy and I were on the first floor and didn't even notice.
Huh. We returned from Paris on Wednesday, you got your first period on Thursday, we experienced an earthquake today and on Monday, we're going to have a total solar eclipse. Pretty eventful couple of days!
Love,
Mom
