Abby making an "obstacle course" in front of the staircase and front door
Ellie depleting my make-up supply
And Kitty reappearing from the dead - i.e. whoever "found" her at Disney read Abby's name on the (new) tag, washed her "in a special washer" to get her softer and cleaner than ever, put a heart-shaped beanie babies tag on her ear and sent her wrapped in a special box back home to Abby. Talk about a joyous reunion. (What would we do without grandmothers?)
... we were extra crazy since Ellie turned THREE!!!
The celebrating started a day early, when packages started showing up addressed to Miss Eleanore.
(Again, what would we do without grandmothers... who send fake hair and shot glass necklaces? ;) )
The party continued on Friday - her real birthday - with a feast fit for a princess at Cheeburger Cheeburger (aka-the "fancy milkshake restaurant").
Since Abby wasn't quite as cheery at dinner as Adam and Ellie and fell asleep on the way home (thank heavens), we waited until morning to open presents and sing.
Ellie had requested a "giant pink princess cake" so, we did the best we could with Sleeping Beauty Bathtime Barbie and Polly Pocket Prince Navine. Abby invited the other princesses (and their wardrobes) to celebrate as well.
After 3 days of partying for our 3 year-old girl, Mom, Dad and both princesses were wiped out.
QFTD
Me: "What would you like for lunch?" Abby: "Some South American food. See, Minnie here (her spinning Minnie Mouse from Disney) is from South America." Me: "Really? Does she speak Spanish or Portugese?" A: "Spanish and Portalese."
Abby: "Mom, this Diet Coke is all dried out. Can I drink it?"
Abby: "Okay. I'm goin' out there (to the car) to get all the money. All by myself. Because I'm brave and no one will take me. I'm serious."
While lining up her coins, Abby: "George Washington sure is a good, cool president."
Abby: "Spending time with money is a lot easier than playing toys."
I asked Ellie to go help Abby look for a toy. Ellie: "I can't because...I'm old."
Abby: "Mom, did you know some bikes can even go in the grass??" "Really?" "Yes! Wherever they don't have a sidewalk. Like in South America. They only have buckets and wagons down there."
I am amazed at what comes out of Abby's mouth. I loved that she said spending time with money is easier than playing with toys.. HA! Look out wall street. You guys could start teaching her how to invest. Then in a few years she could own south america, the continent she knows so much about! Love her.
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ReplyDeleteI know - the moment she made the money vs. toys comment, I had this flash forward to when she's 40 and owns South America where they make the world's supply of panties and markers so she can line them up from the tip of Argentina to NYC. I'll be getting interviewed by Fortune magazine to get insight into this Abigail Ashley and where her quest to run an empire began. I'll pull up my blog and scroll back to the Tues May 11 of 2010 entry... "spending time with money is a lot easier than playing toys." And I'll feel so proud for having let her line up those panties from the age of 2 instead of making her pretend to care for or even take interest in baby dolls...
ReplyDeleteDoes Ellie sleep with her beauty mask every night? That is prescious. A flash forward to her years as a little diva.
ReplyDeleteI wish that we could have been there for Ellie's birthday, sounds like it was a party.
ReplyDelete"Spending time with money is a lot easier than playing toys"....that is just awesome