I'm going to Disneyland!

Well, not really, but Modern Mom is holding a video contest to send a family of four to the Happiest Place on Earth. It ends today, get yours in ASAP. Here's Roo's slightly incomprehensible entry:



Hopefully we'll make the final cut and then you can vote for us. I'll let you know.

Fancy!

Roo LOOOOVES her new party dress. I got it at Hannah Banana, my favorite local consignment shop. I was afraid it might be a little too fluffy for her but when I showed it to her, she actually covered her face and blushed! Obviously, it makes her feel like a princess... she's wearing it to our baby shower next week. And then probably every day until it's shredded to pieces...

Paper Bag Princess

Sorry for the absence of posting this week. Roo started preschool four mornings a week in a new classroom, with a new teacher, followed by swim lessons. It's been a busy, busy week here at the old homestead. This coincides with the weather getting unbearably hot (94º right now and balmy) and my introduction to the glories of ankle swelling, which I was miraculously spared from during my last pregnancy. I had no idea my ankles could get so, uh, round.

Anyway, Bob and I hit a couple of yard sales between preschool drop-off and swim class. A couple of He-man bad guys for Roo's collection, some clothes, a post hole digger, assorted files and a trunkful of Pyrex ware. Woo-hoo, I am so set to be the queen of casseroles. Feel free to send me your recipes, I am feeling super freezer-friendly these days since it's too hot to actually cook over the stove.

My favorite purchase today was this book for a quarter:


I am sure many of you have heard of this already, since it does have the air of an instant classic, but I don't remember it from my youth. (I know I am older than the hills but it lists the publish date as 1980, so it should have been in libraries when I was still in elementary school...) I was totally blown away by how cool it was when I read it to Roo pre-nap. I bought it because it had a dragon on it but was amused by its premise. The dragon burns down the princess' castle, including all her fancy schmancy clothes, and kidnaps her betrothed prince. So she dons a paper bag (the only unscorched thing she could find) and sets out to rescue him. Bla bla bla, she tricks the dragon, saves the prince only to have him criticize her slovenly appearance. So she dumps him. End of story. How cool is that?!

More info at author Robert Munsch's page.