Elizabeth's best friend from Virginia paid Minneapolis an unexpected visit last week, as Caitlin's mom had a business meeting here in the area and she got to tag along.
One of Elizabeth's regular laments had been that she likes her new school but misses her old classmates. So it was fun to see the two of them interact a little bit, though most of that happened outside of my view. (And I have a little 10-year-old source who's not talking.)
So we let Elizabeth miss a day and a half of school. I know they went to the Science Museum of Minnesota, and that Caitlin and her mom had dinner with all of us and Caitlin slept over here one night. Elizabeth spent a night with them at their hotel.
For a short while, Robert had two older sisters telling him what to do. And to be honest, if you had your back to them, it was hard to tell who was talking. Elizabeth and Caitlin have very similar speech patterns and use a lot of the same phrases. If Caitlin had dark hair, whew, you'd never know.
We're talking about driving out to D.C. for Barack Obama's inauguration, so she would see Caitlin then. And Elizabeth wants to go to summer camp with her this summer ... though that is still up for discussion.
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Caitlin said something very Elizabeth-like. Patrick said "Wow. If my eyes were closed I couldn't tell you two apart."
Caitlin's response? "Yeah. We're awesome that way." :)
For the blog record we also visited the Bakken Museum and they swam in the octagonal pool at the hotel.
-Cate
That was Caitlin who said that? I thought it was Elizabeth. :)
THat sound like a very cool two days for a pair of ten year olds. I hope you guys keep finding ways to keep their friendship going!
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