Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 by Dawn B
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Happy Halloween!
It's Fairy Princess Althea here.
Perhaps you've been asking yourself, just what would the Burnett family look like if Althea got to pick the Halloween dress-up theme?
Well, here's your answer!
I was out shopping with daddy a few weeks ago when this little number crossed my path--sort of a sugar plum fairy look.
Love the wand! (Mommy insists that I say funny words and just wave it in the air--seems much more functional as a tool for bo
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nking things and people--oops, sorry mommy.)
Mommy had some fun with the whole "fairy" theme. Daddy found her a woodland fairy costume. I really liked the wings best. I have wings too, but mine aren't as big.
Here I am discovering the other super-fun thing about this weird night--candy! Kids come to our door looking really strange and sometimes scary. They look surprised to see all of
us dressed up too. First they say the magic words (
NOT "please" like I expected but "trick or treat"), and then they have to tell us what they are dressed up as, then mommy or daddy gives them candy. But I got some too!
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The kids looked especially surprised when daddy came to the door. I can't imagine why.
He and I had lots of fun blowing on his pan flute and building Lego towers as we waited for more trick or treaters.
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Here's our latest family portrait--go fig.
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Well friends, time for me to fly off. Mommy says I need to find "a rose petal filled with dew for my evening ablutions." I thought I was just going to take a bath and head for bed.
Gotta love a night that's all about dressing up in costumes and eating candy!
Happy Halloween!
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Sunday, October 21, 2007
Close Encounters of an Alphabetic Kind?
Sunday, October 21, 2007 by Dawn B
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O.k. this is kind of weird. You sing the alphabet with your kiddo, you play with letters and read books . . .
But what does it mean when your daughter just randomly repeats the same four letters?
It started the other day in the car. I heard a little voice behind me chanting "C D H Y . . . C D H Y . . .C D"
Then, later that night, the same thing. Hmmm. . .
The next morning at breakfast, she started it again, grinning the grin pictured at left: "C D H Y . . . C D H Y."
Are aliens trying to communicate through our daughter?
And just what is their message?
You better know we'll be watching to see if she starts playing with her mashed potatoes--sculpting funky mountain shapes and staring at them intently.
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Two!
Sunday, October 21, 2007 by Dawn B
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"Watch Me!"
That's one of my favorite phrases now. I'm two! And that gives me official license to run around like a crazy woman (although mommy seems to think I only have a learner's permit).
Here I am on the day of my second birthday. We went out to eat with some friends, then on the the traditional birthday jump from the giant stethoscope.
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America! What a kooky country!
Then I went for a ride on the little carousel. The fine print nearby says that my parents should be supervising me while I'm on this ride. For crying out loud, I'm two already!
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A few days later, we had a bigger party at the park with a BIG cake--complete with lots of frosting and a dancing Dora. Dancing with a monkey? Sounds like fun to me!
Thanks to everyone for the cards and gifts and birthday hoopla. May your spirit always jump from a stethoscope and your heart always dance with the monkeys!
Althea
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