Mika pitched such a serious fit about being at daycare on Thursday that Daddy ended up bringing her home about an hour and half after she left. Oi. Might be time to pull her until she *has* to be there. My sanity shudders at the thought, but what can ya do?
She's also decided that perhaps it is time for a real bed. We've been trying to convince her of this since October. Hopefully the bed will be assembled by tomorrow.
I opened some boxes that i have been carting around for a few years. a few + many years. Mika's great-great-granny packed away what appears to be every last article of doll clothing and accessory that i ever had. other bonus items include a collection of fave tshirts from when i was a kid - all of them from hawaii - all of them from my long deceased grandparents. piggy banks, my childhood fave dolls from the pre-cabbage patch days, miniature dolls, just tonnes and tonnes of stuff. a few garbage bags worth of doll clothes/shoes/bedding/carriers/change pads/sleeping bags/etc. Mika has latched on to my decrepit childhood doll, Brenda. Brenda had those eyes that would close when you laid her down. One of them sticks now, so she's very creepy. The one eye slowly creeps open and closed. I'm sure there will be photos to follow. Brenda has a "little sister", Pretty. Pretty was someone's (mom? great-granny?) attempt at raising a PC kid, as her 'skin' is a deep chocolate brown. Both dolls have molded plastic hands/forearms, heads, and lower legs/feet. Both dolls have their right hands in the classic metal/devil pointer and pinky up/middle ring down pose. Both dolls have the pinkies of their left hands chewed clean off. I was apparently a mean disciplinarian as a child. :) Ah well, at least Pretty's eyes still work.
Mika sings the theme song for the Backyardigans 500 times a day. Did I post that already?
I asked Mika to entertain her brother this afternoon as Daddy and I had to get a few things done around here. I plunked him down on the floor in the living room as she wandered in to tend to her chore. Mika proceeded to turn on the TV behind Declan and lounged a few feet in front of him watching the set as she slowly kicked her foot back and forth in front of him. The guy was delighted to play chase the foot, of course, but sheesh.
Uncle Lucas and Auntie Jenn's high maintenance dog is going to try out life on a farm, so we went and said "enjoy the good life" to her this aft. Have fun, Macie!
Mika seemed to really dig the gecko. Uncle Lucas threw in a couple of crickets and we watched the lazy old lizard eat one and comically hunt the other. In addition to loving the gecko, the dogs tried their best to love up Mika, but she could only take so much. A few kitty pets, some dog harassment, gecko feeds, and she wanted to go home. Mika only had a 20 minute nap today, so it was full on Emo all afternoon.
