Funny tidbits

E (while riding in the car): I just saw a pile of ostriches! (group of canadian geese)

After our new year's eve party
L: the kids had fun at our party
E: how do you know? cuz you saw all their faces smiling up?

Speaking of our new year's party - it was fun. We had about 30 people and a huge spread, tons of food, wine, and juice boxes. The 5 preschool girls ruled the house that night. They trudged up into E's room and came down in sparkly and wacky dress-up outfits. Maya in a snow white outfit topped with a bright red cowboy hat. E, oddly enough, choose to put on a flouncy white summer shirt and just her purple underwear - nothing else.

E: ever since she turned 3, she wants to wear dresses and skirts - exclusively. We can sometimes talk her into leggings for Tuesday gymnastics class, but that's about it. She's just as rough and tumble as the next kid - in fact, stronger and faster than most - but all while sporting something girly. Particular favs are skirts that swing out when she twirls around.

She's interested in disney princesses, but (thankfully) not obsessed. She doesn't run around in costume calling herself cinderella or arial, but likes us to read the stories. These are painful to read, really sappy and sooooo sexist. I always throw in a comment like, the girls have pretty dresses but they don't really do anything, do they? I'm sure this phase will pass but in the meantime, I want to find stories about girls who are more appealing/exciting to her than DW and shelia rae the brave - maybe stories about female superheros? hmmm

P: puts napkins/clothes over her face until we say "where's paige?", then she pulls it away and giggles. This can go on for quite a while

P: "bye-bye" then shuts herself in the pantry and closes the door

P: loves to lounge in chairs - little chairs and also climbs up into our chairs and just kicks back with one knee up