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

Coming-Of-Age

The Mayor celebrated his 33rd birthday yesterday (33 is when hobbits traditionally come of age).  The Hobbit Wife surprised the Mayor with a date, and the two older hobbitlings made birthday cards.

Ela's card is below.  The translation is "From Ela, To Tim.  See! Your princess loves you"

Boookie's card is below.  The picture is the battle with the orcs at Amon Hen.  Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are all smiling because they have killed the orcs.

LEGO Jewelry

A few nights ago, Ela came upstairs sporting some jewelry she had made from LEGOs.

Here's her purple LEGO pendant.

 Here's her LEGO bracelet.

 And the pièce de résistance - LEGO clip-on earrings!