“Good morning babies!” said mommy as she and Maribel entered the room, both fully dressed, as Maribel needed to get some stuff ready. Maribel had a red plaid dress and white tights. This time she had a red bow in her hair that was attached to a plastic hair band. Well, … it was sort of retro, but not uncommon in any decade for a little girl. Mommy was wearing her favorite yellow and green flower dress, which was Karen’s favorite.
Karen missed being able to wear tights and was looking forward to being able to do that again, regularly. Yes, they do have tights for infants, but it wasn’t practical for babies until they were at the age where they can walk, and even then, tights are a little tough on mommies of little girls who are still in diapers. In the mean time, Karen is content to wear them only when they were an attached part of a romper.
After the diapering and dressing routine, Maribel and Emily decided that it was going to be a little bit more chilly so warmer dress was in order, even though they were not going to be outside today. For Karen, it was a light pink onesie, purple baby slacks with snaps along the pant legs, and a matching purple sweatshirt with a huge pink flower on both the front and back. While Maribel worked on Karen’s dress, Emily put Ken in a light green onesie, followed by deep-forest sweatpants and matching sweatshirt with stalks of bamboo and a toucan on the front. Because the sweatpants were very elastic and easy to slide down, there was no need for snaps along the crotch for changing. When the CCVSes were strapped on, both were glad to talk.
“We both are going to miss you, Maribel. You were wonderful to us,” said Ken.
“I will miss you too, but it’s too early to say goodbye yet,” responded Maribel, poking the giggle buttons on both babies bellies. “I’m not leaving until late this afternoon. In the meantime let’s have some fun. Let’s start with the yummies.”
Breakfast was the rice mixture with pulverized jackfruit from Jamaica. Well, from Florida anyway. Like durians, jackfruit was another huge tree fruit, which relatively recently, had established itself in American popular culture.
“I meant to tell you how lovely you look today, Maribel,” said Karen.
“What a sweet little one! Why thank you!” responded Maribel. Like, Ken, Karen did not mind and even kind of enjoyed the “talking down” to her like she was an infant. Because, after all, she was an infant and did not see being an infant as being anything bad, so why get offended?