"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes, The rest sit 'round it and pluck blackberries."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

Saturday, November 22, 2008

The Resident Ogre And Her Pretty Sister

Today, while waiting for that one game to get started... can you tell how excited I am?... I sat on the couch writing in my journal. Around me, Thing One and Thing Two flew into action. A little Cat in the Hat disaster of our very own! These two moments made me laugh.

The first one actually happens quite often, and especially with this particular toy. At first it used to bother E, but we told her that it was just like the troll/ogre in Giselle (a.k.a. Enchanted - E refers to all movie titles as the name of their respective princess. I don't think she know what Aladdin is, but Jasmine, oh yes, we know that movie.) Anyway, it's officially okay for M to chew on certain toys if she's just pretending to be an ogre.


Don't mind the drool coming from that thing. I mean, who could expect a girl to swallow with so much in her mouth?

Then, I finally agreed that E could brush my hair. She disappeared upstairs to find supplies. After a while, I noticed she had not returned. I thought perhaps she might be bothering Daddy while he studied, but didn't manage to get up and find her. Oh well. Soon she came back as pictured below. Apparently the braids were not quite flashy enough for her taste.

Gorgeous! My self-photographing skills are lacking or you'd get to see my 'do too!

4 comments:

Jenni Hinckley said...

Your little girls are so cute! Miss you!

nielsons*love*family said...

it could be worse on the HAIR....that is how my girls used to do MY HAIR whenever given the chance!! it is MUCH CUTER on a smallish child, instead of a grown up mother~
dorien

Kassie said...

I think she might become a stylist!!

Alyosha said...

Thing Two looks just like Justin.