the wading pool arrived

And it is way to big for our tiny tiny little balcony. This has not stopped Blitzen.  A photo of her filling it up.  You will note the creative, wiggly-side construction.  We’ve duct taped it into this shape so it fits.  How many spaghetti pots of water does it take to fill a wading pool, anyway?

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other kids

Since Blitzen had such a rough week, I didn’t give her the store bought mermaid tail personally.  But I really wanted her to have it because I thought it would be a great toy for the long weekend and as I’ve mentioned, Blitzen’s obsessions often reach such a fevered, crazy pitch of intensity that no one can rest [...]

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the mermaid tail

Well, two things happened simultaneously. The tail that I bought because I was pretty sure the homemade tail would be a complete failure, arrived.  And the fabric for the homemade tail arrived so we sewed our homemade tail while wearing our store-bought tail.  The whole thing is fairly adorable.  Blitzen could not wait for us to borrow [...]

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Fairie house building in the great outdoors

Blitzen, Andrew and our friends J and D built an awesome fairie house in Central Park.  When asked what the fairies do at this natural oasis, Blitzen replied ‘They sit on the bench and do nothing but watch the sunset…..’ Sounds good to me!

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More mermaid stuff

Blitzen to everyone she encounters (teachers, kids at school, me and Andrew several times a day, strangers on the street) ‘If you were a creature living under the deep, blue sea, would you be a shark, squid, or a mermaid?’  Hint, the correct answer is mermaid. Blitzen and our friend / music teacher, P, wrote [...]

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Mermaids

Suddenly, over the weekend, Blitzen became completely obsessed with mermaids.  As you may have noted from a few of the posts on this blog, Blitzen is an extraordinarily imaginative and creative kid.  She is also a wee bit obsessive.  So once a new object of fascination takes hold, it is usually 2 to 3 weeks [...]

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North Carolina Fun

I missed Blitzen’s first plane ride, hotel room stay and play with our niece and nephew.  But I heard that fun was had by all and that Blitzen was her usual adorable, charming, funny self.  There were many cute stories – I will share a few as relayed by Andrew. Apparently, when Andrew had to [...]

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bedtime playtime

After a long day of playing with our friends in NJ and a drowsy drive home later than our usually scheduled bedtime, we carried Blitzen into the house, slipped on her pjs and patted her back as she lay practically comatose in her bed.  Suddenly, she sat up and asked with alarm ‘did i get bedtime playtime?’. [...]

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The tea party

My mother-in-law, P, is helping us with childcare this week (woo-hoo – you rock, P!) while the NYC schools are weirdly closed for a week for winter break.  Not to get all old fashioned on you but when I was a kid, winter break was at the end of December and then you just had [...]

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If you build it

They will come. Fairies, that is. We left school yesterday for an appointment and then had a long, long rainy afternoon stretching out in front of us.  What to do, what to do?  Guess we better build a fairy house out of a flower pot.  Our project grew in scope and now there is a treehouse [...]

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