Yesterday, she was pretending that she was "God's daughter, and was just released to go discover the world for the very first time." She was wildly running and dancing all over the place, being as dramatic as ever, and singing the song in her head. The line we heard was, "I've never seen. . . . so much green." She periodically adds vibrato to her singing voice these days. Oh, the drama!
Often she has difficulty including Boo in her play, because she is just certain that he will "mess. it. up!!!" Today, I had had enough of that, and told her that she absolutely must be inclusive if she wanted to play out in the backyard with all of us. After going back and forth, trying all sorts of compromises, she finally said, "OK, Mama, I will try to be reflexible." OK, deal.
As a demonstration of the fierceness of her love, I wanted to show you the picture she drew for her Aunt Wendy this morning. I didn't get a picture of it, though, so I will just tell you what she asked me to write on it. "Wendy, you are my life!" Then she wanted me to draw music notes and write "Wendy's here to stay" so that she would know it's from the song in Peter Pan.
I took pictures of her outfits today, because even though it's nothing unusual around here, some may find it impressive that she dressed in three of these elaborate outfits before 8:30 a.m. Each outfit also came with a detailed, long-winded explanation and dramatic demonstration. Oh, and little Boo was trying to join in on the fun with his froggie boots!
this reminds me of the days where everyone was tucked in, most problems could be solved with a snack an library book on the porch, laundry and the sorting of what was actually dirty a full time task...
ReplyDeleteyou're doing it with grace and gratitude. i love it.