We've had a busy May

Where do I start? We left off with the princess just being her princess self and continuing to do so.

She said in the video that she wanted the bathing suit competition to start. So, it's off for a wardrobe change.

There was another day that we found some wings for her ensemble.
Throw in a play date with Tyler once a week.
Sometimes, we play so hard, we need to take a break. Taping furniture is a very fun past time. Daddy taught me how to golf!

We like our magnetic ladybug earrings. They only lasted this one time. One got lost under the fridge and stuck there. The other one broke off the magnet. I'm waiting on her cue to let me know when she's ready for piercing. We found this great playground in the next town over. It is built like a castle with maze-like stairs, ladders, tunnels. Way too cool. We're going to be visiting there more often. Plus, it's shaded for those hot summer days.

Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone!

Crafting it forward.........

I, too, am joining in with crafting it forward! I've joined the chain from the every popular Mother Paradox blog.

Here's the deal: The first three people to comment on this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you! The catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and give the same offer to the first three commenters who will also craft it forward.

This offer has some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantee that you will like what I make.
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It will be done this year.
4. You have no clue what it's going to be.
5. I reserve the right to make something extremely strange (or beautiful).
6. You must post a picture of what you win when you get it. (You may not want to embarass me or yourself, but hey, it will be entertaining.)

I am amazingly not a crafty, nor extremely talented, or utterly artistic. But my heart is in it so the first three commentors are sure to get something.....interesting. Who knows you might love it!
Let the game begin.

Thinking out loud

A couple of days ago we watched Horton Hears a Who. It was one of my favorite books as a child. Even with my feeble memory, I thought they made some "artistic" changes to the story. I went and dug out the book from Roma's shelves and read the book again. We haven't read it together yet (too long for her attention at night before bed). The movie mentions the mayor of Who-ville to have 96 daughters and one son. The storyline implies that the mayor has high hopes for the son to be mayor one day. What about the 96 daughters? I think for this day and age, the screenwriters could have done better than perpetuate this sexist idea.

Also, why are there no girl rats in Ratatouille?

The Evolution of a Princess

It started with Roma wanting the wear her Princess dress up shoes all the time.

Then it moved to wearing a tutu and some bling.

Note the heart tattoo on the cheek?

She's also tolerant of hair adornments.

Leigh, do you remember the crown? Erin, thank you so much for the tiaras.

Now, she's gotten into wearing her princess dresses all day long. Here, she's opting for her wedding shoes she was supposed to wear last summer at Crystal and Jon's wedding. If you remember, she was barefoot for the whole ceremony.

Yesterday, we had our play date with Tyler. Roma wore her princess shoes and another dress that she had worn for Easter all day. I forgot to take out my camera for that occasion. We went to the gym in the evening. She got all the "Aww, she's so cute/adorable/precious." remarks from everyone. She ate it up. All I can say is that we're getting our mileage out of the formal attire in her closet.