Feb. 9, 2008
Happy Birthday!!
You will never believe what we just bought for Madeline!! I'd almost like to have a contest, but I know the girls would tattle.  So here it is. Today we got Madeline ----her wedding veil!!!  It's true. It has daisies on it (and it was 62% off)!! We couldn't resist. If you know Madeline, you know that this veil was made for her! No, there is no wedding in her foreseeable future (although her brother is another story!). We got it for her hope chest. Each of the girls gets a hope chest at 16. Well, actually, that's the plan and we are working on execution now. When Madeline turned 16, we barely had grocery money so she had to wait for her chest. We've looked at them a couple of times recently but she hasn't found the right one yet. But we saw no reason the chest had to come before we could begin filling it!  (We will have it professionally preserved so that it looks brand new on her special day.) ******* Today is Ethan's birthday and next Wednesday is Madeline's.  Happy Birthday!!!! We had a wonderful and silly celebration last night. I so wish that I could remember more of the quotes. Alexandra, as usual, was the source of much hilarity, especially when Abigail began laughing with her mouth full of water. Alexandra shielded her plate, yelling, "She's gonna blow!" Unbelievably, this time Abigail actually managed to swallow eventually! (Uh, yeah, that implies there was another time when she did not!  )Ethan got a cool RC car and a robopet - what a hoot! But Madeline thinks that perhaps the little creature is a bit too real - "Oh! How rude!" Madeline was showered with chocolate, her very favorite thing! And Alexandra got her a frog to kiss until her prince shows up! This thing actually makes a loud, wet-sounding kiss. It is so cute. Madeline loves it. But so does Daisy. It's been quite a show. Madeline has been keeping it with her but still Daisy manages to sneak in and grab it. Then she's off, with Madeline in hot pursuit! Daisy is very, very fast and Madeline has only been able to catch her when someone else helps to corner her. What can I say? It's the little things that amuse me.Speaking of Daisy, she is very large as well as very fast, and she jumps extremely well. I never knew that poodles are great jumpers! Our evening entertainment usually includes someone chasing Daisy and vice versa. She now leaps over the entire couch without touching any of it!! It is not safe to be sitting there when the running begins. She frequently leaps onto the couch from the back or side then races the length of it to head someone off! She gallops right over anyone sitting there. And, while she can clear the couch in a single leap, she doesn't always clear the person sitting on it! What? Doesn't sound like your kind of family fun? Oh, but remember - we're weird!And, finally, here's a couple of Alexandra quotes. She often complains that she never learns anything in school. But she is always the one who so often comments on history out of the blue. The other day she says to me, "Oh, Mama! That face you made was just like Elizabeth I's 'I am not amused!' look!" Bursting in: "Thomas Morton is a punk!" - her estimation of the man who raised a Maypole in 1627 America, bringing the ire of the Pilgrims down upon him. This was followed by her very modern retelling of that bit of American history. "...And he sold guns to the Indians so that they could shoot the Pilgrims! So they tell him, 'Stop!' And he says, 'Make me!" What a punk! Then he goes and gets all his friends and they have a big party with lots of liquor and Indian girls and stuff like that. What a punk! Then Miles Standish shows up with his soldiers and says, 'Stop!' And Morton says, 'Make me!' But he and his friends were too drunk to even lift their guns so Miles Standish did make him, and no one was hurt except one guy who was so drunk that he ran into a drawn sword and cut his nose! What a punk!" And then she was gone!  Doing dishes with Abigail and Emma, who were having a disagreement: That's it! I'm leaving! I will not stand here between you two and be shot full of the daggers that are flying out of your eyes! Hope that holds you for a while. Don't know how many months it may be before I'm back! |
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