Painting Nails...

In Florida, we lived next door to a wonderful girl named Miss L.  She was 10, and loved playing with our little girls.  When we moved here to Guam, Miss A had another friend who shared Miss L's name, so the new friend (5 years old), became Little L, and our Florida friend became Big L.  This morning I was painting Miss A's toe nails, and my work was apparently not quite up to par...
Miss A:  "Big L is a great doer of stripes.  She can do stripes better than anybody."
I just wish Big Miss L could be here to paint toes!  We miss her...

The Mythical Land...

Miss M:  Once, in Virginia, I captured, a Giant Squid!

Am I That Bad???

Miss M, to an imaginary friend:  It's been six years.  Now you can get out of time out.

The Evengers...

My girls are, I guess you would call it, "well-rounded"...  They adore My Little Pony, and mermaids, and fairies, and princesses; but, they also really love super heroes.  Their favorite show right now is a cartoon version of the Avengers, and they watch it at every opportunity.  They have a special dance they do during the opening credits, involving many "X Jumps", where they crouch down then jump up with their arms and legs flung out like an x, and they do all the poses and moves that the Avengers do (usually while wearing, in the case of Miss M at least, multiple tutus).  We have lengthy conversations about all the villains and aliens and heroes.  It's nice.  Nice to have some counterbalance to all the fluffy princess stuff.  Miss M summed up her favorite character this way:
"Captain America lets go of his shield then everyone falls down."

Heaven Help Me...

Miss A has a "specialest friend", who she has "just a little crush on".  It was- I hate to say it- love at first sight.  She draws him pictures and writes him notes.  I am trembling with fear for the future.  This is him, Master D.

 He and his sisters and Mom came over the other day to play, and he and Miss A quickly cuddled up together on the couch to watch the "Evengers" (The Avengers-a cartoon version).  He's very cute and nice and polite and wonderful.  I'm just not ready for this!

Imaginary Creatures...

Miss M:  Neeeiiigggghhhh.  I am a mermaid fairy riding a sea horse.  But this sea horse has feathers and wings so he can fly out of the water.  Last time he tried that without his wings, he just sank!

Overheard This Morning...

We have begun a new weekend policy- the girls are allowed to wake up at their normal time (indeed, I don't know how I could stop them...), but they are not allowed to come and get me up until 7.  They can play until I've had my time to sleep in.  This morning I heard this.  They were playing with some magnet dress up dolls...

Miss A:  Miss M, your darlings have to go to school, but my darlings don't have to go to school.  Do you know why?
Miss M:  Because your darlings have to go to ballet.
Miss A:  You are right.  My darlings go to ballet every day.  That's how it is.