Princess Monkeybutt

PopPop took Leia to TWO Disney stores on Saturday, looking for the Brave dress in her size, so she could wear it when we took her to the movie today.
 
Apparently, size 5-6 (she's 3!) is very popular; it's also almost too small, girth-wise. Length-wise, she still has a bit of growing room.
  
She tried this on for us Saturday night and I asked her if she was my Princess. Her answer? "I'm your Princess Monkeybutt!"
 
And how was the movie? Fantastic. Hubby and I both think it's the best Disney movie ever made. I knew I was going to love it the first time I saw Merida astride her horse, Angus. No pretty princess pony but a big powerful Clydesdale with plenty of attitude. 
 
Brave has it all - interesting characters, laugh-out-loud humor in subtle places, unexpected plot - AND the princess is the hero throughout; no prince jumps in to save the day. Leia thought the bears were a bit scary, but not too scary, since she definitely wants to see it again. And so do I.

My recommendation? Go.See.This.Movie. It's destined to become a classic.  

Walk-Crawling

This is out of focus, but it's too funny not to share. Leanne has developed her own mode of locomotion- not quite walking but not quite crawling either. And it makes me laugh every time I see it.

Little Star

Today we present "Twinkle, Twinkle" by Leia.

Baby! Crawling!

I was going to post about the almost done crocheted socks I've been working on for a couple of days.
I try to make myself a pair every time I teach a sock class, so this is it for 2011. 
But really, who cares about socks when there's a new crawler around?


Leanne showed off her moves today.

So.Darn.Cute. And Lily is jealous.
She thought she was going to be today's cute thing.

For Rachel

If this works, I can't think of a better way to leave this while we're gone. (I've been trying to upload this for 2 hours . . . . .)

Leia has been trying desperately to crawl - or better yet, walk - for the past week or so. She wants to be one of the big kids very badly. Enjoy!

Video Time

For Christmas, Rachel bought us an RCA SmallWonder camcorder. I'm still testing it out, but so far, I think this is one of the best presents EVER.

My first two videos, featuring Leia, of course. (please let me know if you can't see these or if there is no sound. Thanks.)


(filmed using LP - low play - option)


(filmed using HQ - high quality - option)