This morning, we were watching Dinosaur Train, and Maggie said she wished we lived in the Cretaceous period and the the Dinosaur Train came through our house and through the fireplace.
Stagg and I started listing off all the problems with this idea, including:
* A train coming through the living room would make it hard to watch TV
* A train going through the kitchen and laundry rooms would also make it hard to cook, eat and do laundry
* A train going through the house would make it very cold on days like today when it is 20 degrees outside.
* Carnivores are not actually as nice as they seem on TV.
* Our trees would be eaten by the herbivores.
* We are all made of meat, which is what carnivores eat.
* The dinosaurs would probably eat us. quickly.
Maggie thought about it for a while and decided that it would no picnic to have the train in the house. And then she thought about the carnivore part a little more, and decided that she wouldn’t like it if dinosaurs ate Stagg, Katie, Lucy or I, but it would be ok if they ate Oscar and November.
I knew I liked this kid.
Tags: Maggie
Last night, the girls went to bed with their pajamas inside out and backwards. Each had a spoon under her pillow, and an ice cube was carefully put into each of the toilets. Apparently, these are the things that make it snow. Unfortunately, it didn’t work overnight. And although the weather forecast has predicted snow, I don’t see anything yet.
Scratch that! I see snow!
Yesterday was Katie’s 6th birthday. It is hard to believe 6 years have passed since our rushed ride to the hospital to have her. She’s such a big girl now, and she’s still my baby.
Katie’s day was pretty fun-packed. We had Christmas presents in the morning that Santa had left in the room my parents stay in. And then we had her birthday party, where Katie got her wish and had both cupcakes and fruit kabobs. On top of that, she got to see some of her friends from pre-school last year, which made her very happy. And we ended the night with more presents and dinner with her favorite people at a hibachi place. She even got to wear a silly had and had people sing to her 2 times– once with the had and fake cake at the end of dinner, and once when the hibachi master made a candle out of onion pieces.
My baby is 6. Katie, you are a sweet little girl. You give wonderful hugs and love to cuddle, and I hope that never changes. When you want to, you play wonderfully with your sister, and you can play with other kids of all ages without worrying that they are too much older or younger than you. To you, they are simply friends, and you love to play.
This is Maggie’s second year playing soccer. She loves it. Loves, loves, loves it. I think she’d love any game that allows her to run as fast as she can, and soccer certainly affords her that chance. She is happy from the moment practices starts, and stays happy for a while after the game is over.
And, I think she is pretty good, too. Her team this year has not been a winning one. This fact does not upset Maggie at all. She’s there to play, and the outcome does not really matter to her.
Maggie likes to be in the middle of the action. In fact, I’ve caught her pushing players a couple times so she could make it to the ball. She isn’t aware that she’s doing it, though. She is just so infor the game that the other people become obstacles.
I realize that if she continues with soccer, there are going to be limits to how hard she can push and she will need to learn the limits of fair play and good sportsmanship, but for the moment, she isn’t hurting anyone, and no one has complained, so I don’t plan to dampen her enthusiasm just yet.
Maggie has had several shots on goal, but she hasn’t scored yet. She wants to really badly (and I’m not sure what will happen if Katie does scores next weekend before she does).
And one of Maggie’s favorite parts of the game is her good friend, who she loves to play with and loves spending time with while they are subbed out.
Maggie will miss next week’s game, the last of the season because we’re camping. She’s sad, but once we worked out 2 possibilities of how she will get her trophy, she’s ok with missing the game. She wants to play in the spring, but she is now debating whether she wants to play lacrosse more. This child is interested in any and all sports that let her go fast.
