Laura: April 21, 1986 age 2yrs21days
Mama put me and my sister Jasmine in the stroller built for two and took us on a long walk in the pleasant sunshine. We walked clear to the bank and then to the Pic-N-Save store and looked around. I wanted to ride in a store cart so Mom put me in the cart and Jasmine in the seat and the stroller up on top the cart. I felt like I was in a cage but I didn't mind because Mama gave me things to hold. Most of them we put back. On the way home we passed the library. We stopped so Mama could hold Jasmine who was getting tired and Mama forgot her bottle. I saw my very first street cleaner. It was big and orange and noisy and its brushes made dust. I explored the bushes with all the confidence of the immortals and set off toward home. Mama shouted and caught up with me when I got to the parking lot.
At home Jasmine went right to bed but not me. I would rather be outside than in bed. While Mama planted flowers in front of the house I kept quite busy. I found an old shingle. I put an iris leaf on the shingle and folded the shingle over it. Mom wondered if it was a bed for the leaf or a shingle & leaf sandwich.
Before going to bed I helped Mama fold the laundry. She had already sorted and folded it and was relaxing with a magazine. While she wasn't looking I tried on all the clothes in the basket--even if most of them were Jasmine's. Two dresses, a pinafore, and two pairs of pants--all at once! Mama helped me pull them off. Then she insisted we both go to bed.
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