Julia, Julia, and more Julia

Hmm. Where to even begin...

First of all, Julia has now decided she wants a hand in coming up with blog posts, because yesterday as she was playing in the living room, she suddenly took a very intentional, very comedic fall (complete with "Woooooaahhh!") and then proceded to tell me, "Mama, THAT should go on your blog!" So here it is, on my blog. Little does Julia know that she doesn't need to deliberately come up with funny material for my posts; she already naturally provides me with PLENTY of material.

Speaking of material, here is more. Julia and I had this conversation yesterday:

JULIA: Mama, do you know what the word humongous means?
ME: I DO know what humongous means. Do you know?
JULIA: Um... dragons are humongous. A ferris wheel is humongous. Dinosaurs are humongous.
ME: So, does humongous mean really, really small?
JULIA: NOOO, really really big!
ME: Oh, that's right!
JULIA: And Mama, what else is humongous?
ME: Um... elephants are humongous.
JULIA: And whales!
ME: Yup!
JULIA: The OCEAN is humongous!
ME: And space is humongous. The sun is humongous
JULIA: CITIES are humongous!
ME: Yes, some cities are humongous.
JULIA: And buildings!
ME: Yes, some of the buildings we see in Boston are humongous.
JULIA: HOUSES are humongous!
ME: Some houses are kind of small, and some are humongous, you're right.
JULIA: And do you know what else is humongous?
ME: What?
Julia: (pause.... wracking her brain...) DADDY!

At least there's one person in the world who doesn't think Ethan is a midget.

And finally, Project Daddy and Maggie got into a major show-down today. Here's a snippet of what I overheard as Julia played with her Little People under the dining room table:

"She'll NEVER BE ALIVE!' yelled Project Daddy."
'I thought you'd never be alive!'
'I drank a water!'
'I stole some water from yoooooooou!"

Here are a few pictures of Project Daddy and Maggie going head-to-head over the water issue (and the fact that despite Project Daddy's best plans, Maggie had somehow managed to continue being alive):




Yeah, that's right Maggie, get in his face.