Sometimes....

she gets the Saturday morning sillyness.... and then I find characters like this in the hallway...

saying - I'M A BIG FAT POTATO!!!

1950s When They Dressed Like???

Today at school was 50's dress up day. When the morning got started I mentioned it to Morgan like she should know - you know Morgan, the 50s... Well... in actuality she did not know and pretty much had to take my word for it. 

This is what we threw together... 

Gallery Post - Egg Carton Artwork

An empty egg carton, some paint, a couple of pipe-cleaners, and an artist with some time to spare before dinner = 

Gallery Post - Cheery Cherries

Animal Crackers in my Soup

During our weekly library trip I perused the children's CD collection and found a CD from John Lithgow that included Marsupial Sue. Of course this meant we had to get it and check it out. I can say Morgan is quite happy we did - she likes many of the songs and sings along now. There are some super fun songs - my favorite line is from "Animal Crackers in my Soup" it goes - "when they're inside me where it's dark - I walk around like Noah's ark...." love it! ha ha ha

I am happy she likes it, but can I just say that to me John Lithgow's voice does not lend to tons of listening. Luckily it's a work / school week and so our car rides are short! I actually did not realize that animal crackers was a song originally sung by Shirley Temple - I kind of think I could handle her voice a bit longer... maybe I'll try and hunt that down.

For the Love of Body Art....

Morgan went to one of her best friend's birthday this weekend and part of the party festivities was face painting. Morgan had her turn and when she turned around I saw that she had chosen to have her face painted as a dog. On this round she had the eye, nose, and mouth done - but it did not stop there. About 10 minutes later she was back to have the face painter add some spots AND then after another 5 - 10 minutes was back yet again - this time for a rainbow on her arm. 

There was conversation about potential future artistry appearing in a permanent fashion on her body. I realized after we had left that not only did she show a love of the body art BUT she also chose a tattoo barbie (you can add stickers to the barbie and or fake tattoos to your skin) as the gift to give - hmmmm...Maybe she'll just really be into make up... :-) 

A Night at the Aces

Friday Night at the Aces - 9 Innings, Fireworks, and Running the Bases!!