Sunday, November 01, 2009
The Princess and the Pee
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess. Princess Kaylee had never quite embraced the idea of Halloween. The year she dressed as a bee she screamed so loud her father the King and her mother the Queen never left the castle. The year she dressed as Spider-Man her royal parents took her to the kingdom of Lame (otherwise known as the City of Tucson's Safe Trick or Treat at TEP).
But unlike years past, Princess Kaylee was very excited about the concept of Trick or Treating this year. (That either had something to do with her recent discovery of candy or her lack of an bug-inspired costume.) The idea of traveling the land to show off her pretty dress AND get candy in the process appealed to her vanity and her sweet tooth. So her father the King and her mother the Queen were looking forward to a trouble-free evening as they packed up their princess and drove over to a friend's kingdom. (Because everyone knows that TWO princesses means TWICE the candy.)
But in a fairy tale, nothing ever goes right the first time.
Now it is not clear if she was so excited about the evening that she just forgot to powder her royal nose — or if the extra large dress was just too much for her to handle in the royal bathroom — but in the end, there was a royal mess.
And a wet floor.
And wet shoes.
Oh yeah, and a wet dress.
The kings and queens were overjoyed.
Luckily, princess had the power of not one, but two queens on hand. (Not to mention the vast wardrobe of a girl of similar size available.) The floor was cleaned, shoes were swapped out and the dress was hand-washed and blown dry in under twenty minutes.
Soon the two princesses and their mothers the queens were off to the kingdom of Sam Hughes to ravish the countryside with cuteness — while the kings stayed at the castle to terrify young visitors, eat candy and play Xbox.
And they all lived happily ever after.
THE END
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Pumpkin carving
waiting for Mom.
But here's something to tide you over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMMp_saurio
Monday, October 26, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Daddy, daughter dance
The last time I danced at a wedding, fourteen people died from the awesome overdose. So I don't dance. I just don't. Don't ask — it won't happen.
Unless you're this cute.
Then I can't say no.
Batty
Nothing quite says "this is the perfect spot for a wedding" like a giant, metal bat sculpture.
Well, nothing other than glass cases full of dead birds — but we had that too.
Frog
This is Kaylee's new friend Frog. She met him within seconds of arriving at GG's house. He immediately replaced Tickle Bunny as the favorite — which is saying a lot.
Frog shared a bed with the three of us every night we stayed in Winston-Salem. This was rather inconvenient since Frog tends to sprawl out in his sleep.
And kick.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Visiting with GG
"Well that was right out of your heart."
"No. My heart is not out."
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Sunday, October 04, 2009
There will be cake (and possibly blood)
We took Kaylee to the neighbor's birthday party today. We were told it was just a small affair at a nearby park. It was the three of us, our neighbors, the 10-year-old birthday girl and her brother and sister.
And about 40 other family members. None of whom we had ever met.
But that didn't stop Kaylee. She charmed the adults. She found herself playing with all the cousins (despite being one of the youngest by far). Despite a full morning playing with her best friend and no nap – she played her heart out and was a complete angel. I was really quite proud of her.
(And you should see her dribble a soccer ball. The kid has skills I didn't have when I was five.)
I'm not sure if she noticed it first, or if we showed it to her, but she became very interested in the piñata. It was huge, covered in mylar and streamers and I can only imagine what it looked like to a two-year-old hanging high in that tree with the sunlight catching it just so.
She joined the small group of children who gathered around it as one of the uncles tested the rope. Up and down it bounced in the sky and with each rise Kaylee's eyes got a little bit larger. She got even more excited when I told her it was filled with candy. (She likes candy.)
"Daddy, can I touch it?"
I said sure and gave her a little push on her butt to send her in the right direction.
She didn't quite make it up to the piñata when one of the aunts cornered her and shooed her into a line of children ranked small to big. Being one of the youngest, Kaylee was second in line and had a great view as the birthday girl was handed the stick.
Dale, dale, dale,
no pierdas el tino;
Porque si lo pierdes
pierdes el camino.
Ya le diste una,
ya le diste dos;
Ya le diste tres,
y tu tiempo se acabó
Kaylee's smile widened as everyone started singing and the piñata started bouncing up and down. So you can imagine the look of absolute terror that took over when this older girl (whom Kaylee idolizes) started beating the living hell out of this poor papier maché star.
The poor kid spend the next five minutes on our laps, crying her eyes out while all the other children took their turns whacking away as bits and pieces of their target rained to the ground.
All I could think was, thank God the birthday girl is too old for a Dora the Explorer piñata.
Right before it was about to break, Kaylee figured it all out and decided that it looked like fun and took a few whacks at it. And once she had the candy in her hand she was definitely over it.
Just don't expect to see a repeat performance at her party next month.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
How I know I have a little girl, addendum
At this rate she's already better than anyone throwing for the Bears.
How I know I have a little girl, reason 427
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