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I am preaching the world's most boring sermon tomorrow. Really! It bites. But in the immortal words of my sister Will Smama: "If you got a dog, walk it proud."
The divine miss m is feeling much, much better. She's just about back to her normal grinning self--nighttime sleep is not quite back to normal though. She slept great last night except for waking at 11:30 and being quite ticked off about it, and our ministrations were not appreciated, thank you very much. But, she slept until 6:30 when I nursed her, and R got up with her and let me sleep until I woke up. That would be 9 a.m. Blessed be.
M is also an incredible climber. She's fast and fearless. This afternoon I caught her standing on her sister's ladder-back rocking chair, attempting to climb it like, well, a ladder. Yesterday she had two identical bumps on her forehead, a half-inch apart, from slipping the exact same way twice while climbing up the stairs with me behind her.
C, on the other hand, is active in her own way--verbally. Always has been. I remember reading as a teenager that the average four-year-old asks 437 questions a day and thinking, No way.

Way.
You know the Louis Armstrong song "What a Wonderful World"? Who doesn't? BUT did you ever notice that the melody in the verse is a slowed-down version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star? Try it:
"I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you."

You have C to thank for that little insight.
Speaking of music, she is dead-set on wanting to play the violin. I have no idea why--we recently bought this old recording of Peter and the Wolf and Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, and of all the instruments--it's all about the violin.

Incidentally, the pieces are narrated by none other than Sean Connery. Now THAT is some serious cognitive dissonance. Also, in this version the wolf ends up in the zoo. Doesn't he meet a rather more violent end in the original?
Money quote: [while looking at a picture of Cinderella in her Fairy Godmother dress] "That dress can't be ripped because it's not made from a sash, it's made from magic."
Halloween: Two guesses as to who C wanted to be for Halloween. Was it wrong of me to gently dissuade her? I didn't dissuade so much as explore other options with her. Besides, the only Cinderella costume at Target was a size 7-8. And we never did ready-made costumes as kids--did you? We made our own, often with Mamala's help.

But we've hit upon a fun idea that everyone's excited about and will be a little different, yet still appeal to her frilly pink fashion sense: Angelina Ballerina, from the book of the same name (you can see a picture here). I'm ordering her a basic leotard and tutu with tights and we'll make mouse ears and a tail (out of felt? I'm not sure about the tail) and draw a pink nose and whiskers. I think it'll be cute.

That makes two years in a row of dressing up as characters from a book. Last year it was a cow from Click, Clack, Moo.

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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (22) Share on Facebook		2006-10-14 9:35 PM this and that I am preaching the world's most boring sermon tomorrow. Really! It bites. But in the immortal words of my sister Will Smama: "If you got a dog, walk it proud." The divine miss m is feeling much, much better. She's just about back to her normal grinning self--nighttime sleep is not quite back to normal though. She slept great last night except for waking at 11:30 and being quite ticked off about it, and our ministrations were not appreciated, thank you very much. But, she slept until 6:30 when I nursed her, and R got up with her and let me sleep until I woke up. That would be 9 a.m. Blessed be. M is also an incredible climber. She's fast and fearless. This afternoon I caught her standing on her sister's ladder-back rocking chair, attempting to climb it like, well, a ladder. Yesterday she had two identical bumps on her forehead, a half-inch apart, from slipping the exact same way twice while climbing up the stairs with me behind her. C, on the other hand, is active in her own way--verbally. Always has been. I remember reading as a teenager that the average four-year-old asks 437 questions a day and thinking, No way. Way. You know the Louis Armstrong song "What a Wonderful World"? Who doesn't? BUT did you ever notice that the melody in the verse is a slowed-down version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star? Try it: "I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you." You have C to thank for that little insight. Speaking of music, she is dead-set on wanting to play the violin. I have no idea why--we recently bought this old recording of Peter and the Wolf and Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, and of all the instruments--it's all about the violin. Incidentally, the pieces are narrated by none other than Sean Connery. Now THAT is some serious cognitive dissonance. Also, in this version the wolf ends up in the zoo. Doesn't he meet a rather more violent end in the original? Money quote: [while looking at a picture of Cinderella in her Fairy Godmother dress] "That dress can't be ripped because it's not made from a sash, it's made from magic." Halloween: Two guesses as to who C wanted to be for Halloween. Was it wrong of me to gently dissuade her? I didn't dissuade so much as explore other options with her. Besides, the only Cinderella costume at Target was a size 7-8. And we never did ready-made costumes as kids--did you? We made our own, often with Mamala's help. But we've hit upon a fun idea that everyone's excited about and will be a little different, yet still appeal to her frilly pink fashion sense: Angelina Ballerina, from the book of the same name (you can see a picture here). I'm ordering her a basic leotard and tutu with tights and we'll make mouse ears and a tail (out of felt? I'm not sure about the tail) and draw a pink nose and whiskers. I think it'll be cute. That makes two years in a row of dressing up as characters from a book. Last year it was a cow from Click, Clack, Moo. Read/Post Comments (22) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top