I have to get he Maggie Mix 2010 cd prepared. Thanks to my niece Nina and from some of you (especially Elizabeth M) I have the songs, I just need to burn the cd’s. So the music will be set. You might be wondering what sort of themes we are having. Maggie and her teacher picked that out and I have to commend them on their very original choice.
Pirates? no! Surfing? No. Disco? no.
Maggie is having a pineapple party.
Yes, that’s right, pineapple.
Ms. Taylor(Maggies teacher) talked with Maggie about what she would like and this was the result. Why? you may ask. All I can say is why not? Maggie loves pineapple. She likes the sound of the word and she likes the texture and even the taste.
Even though she gets 100% of her nutrition from her gastrostomy tube,(“g-tube”) Maggie does get to taste certain things. The choices are very limited because of her severe allergies to so many things and her aversion to certain textures in her mouth. For some reason pineapple passes both tests. Pineapple is something she loves. Therefore, a pineapple party it is.
Maggie and I went to the party store over the weekend. I was thinking I would have to find Hawaiian or Tiki decorations and try to find pineapples that way. Au contraire. We found pineapple lights and many pineapple decorations and we bought ‘em all. Today I am going to make a pineapple upside down cake, buy some pineapple spears and order Hawaiian pizza for the party.
Other than her classmates and others from Mission High, just my mom is coming along with Steve and me. When I called to invite my mother, I told her about the theme and she said. “Perfect, I’ll wear m pineapple jacket.”
Of course she has a pineapple jacket. What 82-year-old mother of seven, grandmother of 20 and great grandmother of three doesn’t.
Maybe that’s where Maggie gets her joie de vivre.
