sweet dreams

last night as nina was falling asleep she said quietly to herself:
"i wish i'd have a dream about bubblegum. (pause)
"i wish i'd have a dream that i'm a princess with bubblegum."

there you go, inside the mind of a 4 year old girl!

the girls' christmas lists

i can't believe christmas is just around the corner already! here is what the girls have their eyes on this year:

Nina
high-heeled dress-up shoes (in her size, not my old castoffs)
a princess dress-up necklace (one of those plastic jewelery sets would be perfect since the girls sometimes fight over the one pair of clip-on earrings that we have)
a ken doll, preferably a prince
anything disney princess or tinkerbell
slippers (size 12 or 13)
wagon
sports equipment (t-ball, soccer ball, things like that)

Maggie
anything winnie the pooh
anything princess
slippers (size 7)
anything with letters or numbers

and for either one
anything crafty

nina is currently just going into a size 5 and maggie is a 2T or 3T (pretty much a 3T for everyting except pants, 3T are still a bit too long, but 2T probably won't fit for too much longer)

that's all i can think of!

goin' to kansas city

kansas city, here we come!


we'll be on our way in about an hour. the girls are so excited that they're running around in circles. should be a fun flight!

i'll type this on commercial breaks...

man i love the law and order theme song!

you all probably know that nina doesn't like to go to sleep. she stalls, says she's not tired, asks for another snack, another drink, another story... standard kid stuff. but she also talks a lot about how she doesn't like to go to sleep, and how she can't wait until it's morning. lately, she has been asking us whether, when she has a dream, her body stays in bed or if it leaves. we had thought that dreams might have been part of why she doesn't like to sleep, but she rarely talks about having bad dreams, so we weren't sure. nick and i keep explaining that dreams are just her imagination (nick tells her they are her brain telling her a story while she's asleep to keep her entertained. interesting explanation nick). i'm not sure she totally believes it, because she keeps asking over and over again. poor kid, i hope her dreams are just unnerving and not scary.

another busy day

what a day! nick went to best buy last night and bought a new laptop. he's been wanting to for a while, and then on tuesday the cord to plug the old laptop in broke. i got a new one, but nick was already determined. he went to best buy after the kids were in bed last night and bought this spiffy, shiny new laptop. it's a gateway. so far, so good! i like that all of the keys work properly. on the old laptop, you had to strike the N and the D really hard. and the spacebar. it was getting to be quite a pain.

so, the day had a busy start with all of us oohing and aahing over the new laptop. then eve called and asked if we wanted to go to a new indoor playground in warren, since it was raining. we did! it was great. indoor bouncies, riding toys, a playset with a slide, a toddler area, a kitchen, an amazing amount of dress-up clothes, it goes on and on but i'm getting bored of listing thigns and i'm sure you're getting the idea. wow i even type faster on the new laptop!

the girls had a great but exhausting time. maggie loved that she didn't have to get out of the bouncies (remember the damariscotta pumpkin festival? i had to go into the inflatable pumpkin and drag her out. it was a scene).

THEN we went to return our books to the library and get some new ones, then on to the grocery store for some grub for dinner. now it's 8 on friday, the kids are in bed, adn we're about to watch law and order. what a great day!

a quick nina funny too

nina is still obsessed with the princess thing. she has pointed out that nick must be my prince, since we're married. when speaking to me about him, she refers to him as "your prince." well, tonight nina wanted one more snack before bed, and nick was getting impatient. then she asked for a glass of water too, and nick was annoyed and said no. nina turned to me and said, "mean! your prince is mean!" with this big smile on her face. it was hysterical.

serial posting

there's so much to catch up on!

erik and isabelle were here this weekend. and chester. we all had a wonderful time, and maggie really misses chester and isabelle. she keeps saying "chester home?" "belle home?" note that she does not mention erik. she wont or can't say his name, instead referring to him all weekend as "this." funny kid!!