as she recovered from a minor phalangeal injury

"i'll be fine.  however, i do think it would be wisdom for me to breathe into a paper bag."
-ela, age 5

what she wore

...for saint paddy's day...

layered mint green and tangerine orange puffed-sleeves, sparkly green and orange hair ribbons, 

and, i quote, "presbyterian nail polish."

(that would be orange.)

...for chores on a monday afternoon...

her self-styled cinderella outfit.  lots of layered blues and whites.  

i used to think the piece de resistance was the skirted cotton shorts worn OVER her jeans...

...but that was before she invented hanky-spats. 

patent pending. 

...for her spa day...

 mommy's bathrobe and hair wrap for a post-bubble bath lounge.

dress-up, jewelry, and hours of at-home hair salon followed.  for these moments,

however, she was quite content to eat milano cookies on fine china while watching "emma." 

oh my.  i love this girl! 

blame-shifter

"daddy gave it to me!"

(friday night banana splits eaten while mommy was away.)

general schwarz-kat would like to know...

would you like a banana chip?

this moment of random weirdness brought to you by the hobbitlings of michael delving.

extrovert

mommy!  mommy!  you will never guess what we did tonight!  we went to mcdonald's!  it was the BEST EVER!!!  i made THREE new friends and ONE new enemy!!!
-boookie, age 7