Family Photos September 2007
Shana had two evening playmates. They were busy playing dolls where he sleeps, and Marlin simply had to go to sleep. He is like a light bulb. Marlin is a frenzied blur of screaming, running young boy and then completely unconscious until first light. The girls would not give way for his tatami style bed, so he found a corner of the room and made his nest.
Usually I carry him to bed from wherever he passes out, but tonight I had to wake him so he could extricate himself from his nookery.
This evening Shanalin asked for ice cream and she was told no.
This produces a deeply sullen pout and refusal to speak to anyone. Neither would she ask for nor accept help in removing rubber bands that held her Sunday school braids together. I gather she later conned Srinoat into supplying her with the sugar she so continuously craves.
Elterina captures the fuzziness inherent in being Shana.
