Julia is not ridiculous.
Now I have "Maca ONE Maca TWO Maca THREE Macarena!" in my head on loop.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Wishful Thinking
The Christmas Kazoo continues in the Rowe household. This morning, Madeleine got mad at Julia for singing along to Madeleine's Kazoo rendition of "We Three Kings." The fight ended with Julia storming into her room and shutting the door, while Madeleine sat at the dining room table forlornly blowing into her kazoo.
MADELEINE: Ugh! I *can't* play it anymore!! Julia messed me up and now I can't do it! She was singing a TOTALLY DIFFERENT PART and now I can't remember how it goes!!
That's really rough. How can one even get into the Christmas spirit when unable to play carols on the kazoo?!?
Madeleine's true Christmas wishes were dashed a second time today. As Ethan and I were stringing lights on our outside bushes, Madeleine came out with an urgent question.
MADELEINE; Uh, Daddy? Where's Mommy?
ME: (from behind a bush) I'm right here.
MADELEINE:. Oh! Mommy? How can I make a fairy come to our house?
ME: Uhhh...well...that would be kinda hard to do, because fairies aren't real.
MADELEINE: But I really, really want a fairy to come to our house! Please?
ETHAN: Madeleine. Are fairies real?
MADELEINE: No.
ETHAN: Then how do you expect to get one to come to our house?
MADELEINE: But I really WANT them to be real!! So Mommy? How CAN I get a fairy to come to our house?
This poor kid. What a rotten day of crushed hopes. No way to make fairies real to visit our house, no "We Three Kings" on the kazoo...seriously, what is even the point of hope if one cannot have those two hugely important wishes granted!?? Man, so far this Christmas season is a BUST.
MADELEINE: Ugh! I *can't* play it anymore!! Julia messed me up and now I can't do it! She was singing a TOTALLY DIFFERENT PART and now I can't remember how it goes!!
That's really rough. How can one even get into the Christmas spirit when unable to play carols on the kazoo?!?
Madeleine's true Christmas wishes were dashed a second time today. As Ethan and I were stringing lights on our outside bushes, Madeleine came out with an urgent question.
MADELEINE; Uh, Daddy? Where's Mommy?
ME: (from behind a bush) I'm right here.
MADELEINE:. Oh! Mommy? How can I make a fairy come to our house?
ME: Uhhh...well...that would be kinda hard to do, because fairies aren't real.
MADELEINE: But I really, really want a fairy to come to our house! Please?
ETHAN: Madeleine. Are fairies real?
MADELEINE: No.
ETHAN: Then how do you expect to get one to come to our house?
MADELEINE: But I really WANT them to be real!! So Mommy? How CAN I get a fairy to come to our house?
This poor kid. What a rotten day of crushed hopes. No way to make fairies real to visit our house, no "We Three Kings" on the kazoo...seriously, what is even the point of hope if one cannot have those two hugely important wishes granted!?? Man, so far this Christmas season is a BUST.
Saturday, November 26, 2016
Christmas Kazoo
Isn't this just *exactly* how you want to relax and enjoy some holiday music this Christmas season? Complete with background Galloping Girl knocking ornaments off the tree:
Happy Holiday Season!
Happy Holiday Season!
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Thanksgiving Style
Madeleine is rocking some serious Thanksgiving style today.
Decorative chocolate stains around the mouth:
And a pony tail hair extension attached to some unbrushed bed head:
There is so much to be thankful for, but this kooky kid is definitely up at the top of the list! Happy Thanksgiving, all!
Decorative chocolate stains around the mouth:
And a pony tail hair extension attached to some unbrushed bed head:
There is so much to be thankful for, but this kooky kid is definitely up at the top of the list! Happy Thanksgiving, all!
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Fairies!
Madeleine has been busy coloring in her "Enchanted Fairies" coloring book over the past few days. Apparently, she is not just coloring the Fairies, but naming each fairy as well.
Ella
Lansing
Nothing fits better with beautiful enchanted fairies than floating ghoul heads, right?
Asha!
Madeleine also decided to draw creepy ghoulush heads on the blank sides of each fairy picture:
Nothing fits better with beautiful enchanted fairies than floating ghoul heads, right?
Monday, November 21, 2016
A Birthday Pool Party
Julia had her birthday party yesterday at the Boston Sports Club pool. Among the guests were several friends from various swim teams, including both our summer team and the YMCA team. I guess when you're out for a leisurely swim with your swim team friends, it's totally normal to just butterfly your way on down the pool:
In addition to free swim, the group got to play a few rounds of "Fishy, Fishy, Cross my Ocean," as well as take turns jumping into the deep end. Since they couldn't dive, Julia was limited to a series of graceful leaps into the water, such as this one:
After the swim time, we headed into the party room for pizza and cupcakes, and I tried to get a picture of Julia's candle-lit cupcakes with a "1" and an "0" in them, but alas, just as I snapped the picture, she leaned her head forward and her bushy mane blocked my view. Epic fail on my part at capturing the birthday girl blowing out her candles:
Julia had a great time celebrating with her friends, and is now the proud owner of the COOLEST, MOST STYLIN' BIRTHDAY PAJAMAS EVER:
She is totally turning 10 in style.
In addition to free swim, the group got to play a few rounds of "Fishy, Fishy, Cross my Ocean," as well as take turns jumping into the deep end. Since they couldn't dive, Julia was limited to a series of graceful leaps into the water, such as this one:
After the swim time, we headed into the party room for pizza and cupcakes, and I tried to get a picture of Julia's candle-lit cupcakes with a "1" and an "0" in them, but alas, just as I snapped the picture, she leaned her head forward and her bushy mane blocked my view. Epic fail on my part at capturing the birthday girl blowing out her candles:
Julia had a great time celebrating with her friends, and is now the proud owner of the COOLEST, MOST STYLIN' BIRTHDAY PAJAMAS EVER:
She is totally turning 10 in style.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Amaricin Girl
The latest American Girl catalog came in the mail yesterday, which means it's time for the kids to make their own American Girl catalogs. Rather than picking out things from the real catalog that they want to add to their Christmas list, the girls instead seem to get creative with their own doll ideas every time a new catalog comes. You may remember Julia's hand-made American Girls with Disabilities catalog from last month, or various other dolls the girls have drawn over the years. Today Madeleine embarked on a brand new American Girl doll idea: a pet orca!
Amaracin Girl Fall Catalog!
This catalog features "Girl of the year!" Adara and her gray orca buddy. I always thought orcas were black and white, but apparently not THIS particular orca. I decided to ask Madeleine about this.
ME: Can you tell me about this orca?
MADELEINE: It's a DOLPHIN I'm pretending it is.
ME: Oh. How come you wrote "Orca" on here?
MADELEINE: I'm *pretending* it's a dolphin that Adara named "Orca."
ME: What made you want to make that?
MADELEINE: Because I love dolphins.
ME: Can you tell me more about Adara and her dolphin?
MADELEINE: Yeah. Soooo...Adara reeeeeally wants to sign up for a dolphin riding team.
ME: Where does Adara live?
MADELEINE: In the OLDEN days! She lives in Atlanta because her dolphin riding team is in the Atlantic Ocean, but they built this thing...this wall...so they could only go to the shallowest parts, and the medium parts. 'Cause they didn't want it to be so deep that you would just go on and on and on and just be like, "Oh My God!" and then, like, DROWN.
ME: Does the Adara doll come with a dolphin?
MADELEINE: Yeah!
Okay. Well now I understand why "Orca" is gray. Also, I wonder how Adara gets to the Atlantic Ocean if she lives in Atlanta. That's not particularly near the coast, after all. Furthermore, if she lives in Atlanta in the olden days, I would think she was more involved in helping run her family's slave plantation than in dolphin riding. But I guess in the world of American Girls, anything is possible.
Madeleine is already acting out her own dolphin riding fantasy around the house. I guess, in this case, though, she's using a stuffed orca that she's PRETENDING is a dolphin that she's PRETENDING she named "Orca":
Adara and Orca, the dolphin.
This catalog features "Girl of the year!" Adara and her gray orca buddy. I always thought orcas were black and white, but apparently not THIS particular orca. I decided to ask Madeleine about this.
ME: Can you tell me about this orca?
MADELEINE: It's a DOLPHIN I'm pretending it is.
ME: Oh. How come you wrote "Orca" on here?
MADELEINE: I'm *pretending* it's a dolphin that Adara named "Orca."
ME: What made you want to make that?
MADELEINE: Because I love dolphins.
ME: Can you tell me more about Adara and her dolphin?
MADELEINE: Yeah. Soooo...Adara reeeeeally wants to sign up for a dolphin riding team.
ME: Where does Adara live?
MADELEINE: In the OLDEN days! She lives in Atlanta because her dolphin riding team is in the Atlantic Ocean, but they built this thing...this wall...so they could only go to the shallowest parts, and the medium parts. 'Cause they didn't want it to be so deep that you would just go on and on and on and just be like, "Oh My God!" and then, like, DROWN.
ME: Does the Adara doll come with a dolphin?
MADELEINE: Yeah!
Okay. Well now I understand why "Orca" is gray. Also, I wonder how Adara gets to the Atlantic Ocean if she lives in Atlanta. That's not particularly near the coast, after all. Furthermore, if she lives in Atlanta in the olden days, I would think she was more involved in helping run her family's slave plantation than in dolphin riding. But I guess in the world of American Girls, anything is possible.
Madeleine is already acting out her own dolphin riding fantasy around the house. I guess, in this case, though, she's using a stuffed orca that she's PRETENDING is a dolphin that she's PRETENDING she named "Orca":
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