Who? You?!

A new feathered friend has come to roost.

I was happily accosted at the playground yesterday by a 5 1/2 year old girl.

Unhappily,

she informed me that she was really

really

really

pretty.

And, that at Show-and-Tell this week she was going to bring a

really

really

really pretty

(b)arbie.

My heart sank.

(Trying no to be SUPER pretentious and trying to find the teachable moment)

I asked her if her barbie was a Dr. or a Marine Biologist?

And she said no, just pretty.

I asked her if barbie could do anything?

Nope.

Or what she might "tell" about her barbie.

The little girl said she would tell her class what store she bought her in.

Um....?!?

I'm going to call that a full blown Yikes!

I'm not COMPLETELY down on barbie.

I remember she taught me that dolls hair didn't grow back

after a bit of a radical clip and snip

during those formative years.

I know it's a tide that will wash over our girl house eventually

resistance is futile

we will be assimilated.

But when we talk about this gal

we'll talk about her as though she's full of possibility and potential.

 This girl just might be

 a Marine Biologist,

a United Nations Peace Keeper

a Martial Artist

A Poet

A Cardiologist

A Geneticist

An Ecologist

 or a CEO of good times.

She's also equipt to carry messages to remind my girls of who they are

and what they are capable of.

You Look Familiar...

There's a new man in my life.

He was conceived by bird and little bird

When I asked my smart friend what she thought he was

you know,

besides a well accessorized

snappy dresser

and

a romantic

who carries flowers in his satchel

She said

weasel,

dog,

 rat,

mouse,

& ant eater.

She's very open minded.

However,

it's a wild world out there

 

And this fellow seems too earnest to sustain a postmodern deconstruction.

So we both agreed that this fellow needs a tail

 to confirm his

 Foxyness.

Check out some other creative spaces at Kootoyoo

Bad Guys, I've always had a sweet spot

For the bad boy with a heart of gold

The latest addition to our animal farm.

Raccoon, criminal, possibly a Casanova.

Thank you Bobby Dazzler's Make Your Own Misfits!

I'm linking to Under the Table and Dreaming, Funky Junk Interiors
and
 Tatertots and Jello

and of course for fantastic Creative Spaces see Kirsty's

Elephant's and Baby Carriers Don't Mix

For those of you who speak baby carriers...

 I converted my Mai Tai (if only it were a sexy drink) into an Ergo-like contraption.

Complete with ooodles of buckles that provide a Cirque du Soleil-like environment for Nu

And extra strong stitching so she doesn't end upside down frantically braiding her nose hairs into a lasso to avoid certain bonking on ground

For those of you who don't speak baby carrier and perhaps speak something sexier like Latin or Italian with a Venetian accent, I made something that wasn't working, work. Yeah.

Then there's this

Shhhhhh the baby is catching her ZZZZZ's

And a new kid on the block.

I can tell already she has wanderlust.

She makes friends easily and is house broken,

which is essential with an elephant

And, after good council she decided to travel to J's house to live with E!

Thanks again http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/