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Jun 16 2011

Alice in Wonderland

“Sorry Wubie, you’re not fancy.”

– Lucy explaining why he was not invited to her party

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Lucy loves to create plays of her favorite books. Lately she has been Alice in Wonderland. She got a pinafore recently and it is now her favorite dress up item. She asks every morning ‘is my pinafore ready?’

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She knows the book well and quotes bits from it. Often when we are in the garden we pretend the flowers are saying “no weeds!” to us.

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She runs around chasing the white rabbit. She even has her own white rabbit!

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Apr 5 2011

The Play

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Yesterday we went with Grandma to see Lucy’s cousin starring as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz at her school.
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Lucy is a big fan of putting on shows, and she loved it…she was on the edge of her seat. We envision a lot of plays and shows in our future.
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There were no photos of the show allowed, so we just snapped some before and after pics. It was a lot of fun, and we look forward to the next one. Congrats on a wonderful play!
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Aug 18 2010

Shopping List

“Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rice“
— Lucy’s version of Sing a Song of Sixpence

Shopping List

Lucy wrote a shopping list and brought it to my store. This is what it said:

Bouncy Mushroom (see fig. 1)

ABC for Wubie (2)

‘Pinano’ music for Wubie to practice  (3)

Xylophone (4)

Stickers for me

Cat Toy for Wubie

Circus Cat

Merry-Go-Round

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Feb 28 2010

Music

This post has to be a quick one because the kid just dropped by and said “It’s time for block time.” So, since I have a playdate that’s awaiting, here are a few words and pics having to do with music.

Jill and Lucy came back from a visit with Auntie Laura the other day raving about a radio show Auntie had playing, Little Steven’s Underground Garage. The music is really cool, much of it neat pop/rock stuff from the 60s. (I didn’t even know Soupy Sales had a catchy tune called Your Brains Will Fall Out.) Note: though the music is great, the web site is pretty terrible.

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We usually listen to music while we play, so the kid is already developing her own taste about what she likes. (note: the kid just dropped by again. I’m running late!) She’s even got to the point where she’s curious about making music. Jill and I will do our best to encourage this curiosity. Who knows, maybe she’ll turn out to be another Soupy Sales! Probably not.

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Other examples of Lucy and music:

Oh well, I’m off to play blocks. Bye.

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Feb 8 2010

A Guggenheim-y Mouse House

Lucy plays houses almost every night, and usually there isn’t enough room in the main house for both animal families, so we build another one.

Here’s one located on an island, reached by a bridge. (Note the mice floating on cake islands.)

The other day we built a house for the mouse family which reminded me of the Guggenheim museum, hence the title of this post:

The mouse family inside their new house, they also got some furniture this build:

An overview shot, and a clue to how long it lasted:

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Sep 9 2009

The Squirrelizer

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I found a neat tool online, The Squirrelizer, that lets users make their own Squirrel Crasher pics. Check it out if you find yourself thinking your photographs need that little something extra.
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