Glitter also helps with the laundry. If she is helping with the laundry, she isn't getting into other sorts of mischief. The laundry basket is about as big as Glitter, but she feels really big carrying it downstairs.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Glitter helps at home
Glitter helps me vacuum. She figured out how to turn the vacuum on from watching me. She hasn't yet figured out how to get it to roll flat on the carpet.
Glitter also helps with the laundry. If she is helping with the laundry, she isn't getting into other sorts of mischief. The laundry basket is about as big as Glitter, but she feels really big carrying it downstairs.
Glitter also helps with the laundry. If she is helping with the laundry, she isn't getting into other sorts of mischief. The laundry basket is about as big as Glitter, but she feels really big carrying it downstairs.
on the roof
Sunday afternoon Wander hung the Christmas lights. He really hates rigging the lights but he does it anyway out of love of the family.
Even though he's tall, he doesn't like the extra height from being on the roof.
Sparkle liked helping run clips and extra strands of rope light up and down the ladder.
Meanwhile, I setup the tree, garlands, and other decorations inside the house.
Even though he's tall, he doesn't like the extra height from being on the roof.
Sparkle liked helping run clips and extra strands of rope light up and down the ladder.
Meanwhile, I setup the tree, garlands, and other decorations inside the house.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Nutcracker
The Nutcracker Ballet has been a holiday tradition for me for as long as I can remember. It started with seeing The Nutcracker every year, and then when I was old enough, I loved being in the ballet. One year in high school, I got to see The Nutcracker in the fabulous Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. When I was on my own, I got the video of The Nutcracker with Gelsey Kirkland so that I could watch it every year, even when I couldn't afford tickets to a live show.
This year the tradition continues with Sparkle and Glitter. I'd taken Sparkle to The Nutcracker a couple of times, but this year was Glitter's first Nutcracker. We went to see the show put on by the dance studio where the girls attend. Afterwards the girls got to meet the professional dancers who were brought in to play the Sugar Plum Fairy and her cavalier.
Glitter was enraptured the entire performance. Once the lights went down, she stared and stared, not saying a word. On the way out of the theatre, she kept trying to dance on her tippy toes. Sparkle was also full of excitement and questions about how the show worked and what was real and what wasn't. At intermission I was finally able to convince her that her constant whispering really bothered everyone around us and during the second act she managed to keep her flow of comments contained to sign language.
This year the tradition continues with Sparkle and Glitter. I'd taken Sparkle to The Nutcracker a couple of times, but this year was Glitter's first Nutcracker. We went to see the show put on by the dance studio where the girls attend. Afterwards the girls got to meet the professional dancers who were brought in to play the Sugar Plum Fairy and her cavalier.
Glitter was enraptured the entire performance. Once the lights went down, she stared and stared, not saying a word. On the way out of the theatre, she kept trying to dance on her tippy toes. Sparkle was also full of excitement and questions about how the show worked and what was real and what wasn't. At intermission I was finally able to convince her that her constant whispering really bothered everyone around us and during the second act she managed to keep her flow of comments contained to sign language.
RenFest Again
We went to the Renaissance Festival for the third time this year, thanks to the tickets that Sparkle got from the school days poetry contest. We were able to bring along some good friends who had never gone before. Our kids really had an extra special time with their friends.
We shared a funnel cake.
We saw the joust.
The girls joined impromptu games of "Steal the Bacon" and "Duck, Duck, Goose."
We checked out mini wooden catapults and trebuchets that shot marshmallows.
Sparkle got to do the human catapult ride again. This time she managed to do a flip. Tilt your head sideways when viewing the video.
Glitter wanted to try some rides that she had been afraid of last time, including the giant swings.
Our favorite show was new to the festival this year: Clan Tinker. This family act has some great juggling, acrobatics, dancing, music, and humor. Good, clean, fun, with a dollop of danger at the end. Later one we saw one of the cast members walking around the fair on stilts.
The girls were inseparable. Here they are waiting for the grownups to buy lunch, and petting a horse from the Birds of Prey show.
Then at the end of the day, an accident on the only road leading from the fair tied up traffic for over four hours. Although we exited the fair gates around six o'clock, we didn't leave the parking lot until after ten. Luckily Wander hooked us up with some friends who were camping and we enjoyed their hospitality while waiting: good eats, warm fire, rhythmic drumming, great company, and cozy blankets.
We shared a funnel cake.
We saw the joust.
The girls joined impromptu games of "Steal the Bacon" and "Duck, Duck, Goose."
We checked out mini wooden catapults and trebuchets that shot marshmallows.
Sparkle got to do the human catapult ride again. This time she managed to do a flip. Tilt your head sideways when viewing the video.
Glitter wanted to try some rides that she had been afraid of last time, including the giant swings.
Our favorite show was new to the festival this year: Clan Tinker. This family act has some great juggling, acrobatics, dancing, music, and humor. Good, clean, fun, with a dollop of danger at the end. Later one we saw one of the cast members walking around the fair on stilts.
The girls were inseparable. Here they are waiting for the grownups to buy lunch, and petting a horse from the Birds of Prey show.
Then at the end of the day, an accident on the only road leading from the fair tied up traffic for over four hours. Although we exited the fair gates around six o'clock, we didn't leave the parking lot until after ten. Luckily Wander hooked us up with some friends who were camping and we enjoyed their hospitality while waiting: good eats, warm fire, rhythmic drumming, great company, and cozy blankets.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
bike ride
The family took a half-hour ride around the neighborhood the morning of Thanksgiving. Glitter rode the half-bike behind Wander. Sparkle rode her own bike behind them.
Sparkle had a hard time keeping up with Wander. Sparkle also was jealous of Glitter being pulled by Wander. However, neither kid wanted to be pulled in the buggy.
The day before when Wander was at work, I pulled Sparkle and Glitter in the buggy to the playground across the big road. They enjoyed the long, steep, fast coast down to the playground. I didn't enjoy hauling them back up the hill on the way home. While at the playground the girls gathered nuts.
Sparkle had a hard time keeping up with Wander. Sparkle also was jealous of Glitter being pulled by Wander. However, neither kid wanted to be pulled in the buggy.
The day before when Wander was at work, I pulled Sparkle and Glitter in the buggy to the playground across the big road. They enjoyed the long, steep, fast coast down to the playground. I didn't enjoy hauling them back up the hill on the way home. While at the playground the girls gathered nuts.
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