Random Activities

As it was recently Gabby's birthday, both of Maggie's grandmothers used this as an excuse to buy Maggie a bunch of cool stuff - which was not so subtly packaged along with Gabby's birthday gifts. One of Maggie's (sets of) presents was a Fantasia DVD along with a Mickey Mouse wizard costume. After some initial struggle, we finally got her to put the cape on.





Then, we gave her the magic wand...





...and taught her how to cast spells.



To get the full effect, you have to see the costume in motion:



Recently, Maggie has also started watching "Dora the Explorer" which, incidentally, was also one of Alice's favorite shows when she was Maggie's age. Having been alerted to this fact, Gran and Honey scrambled to buy up all of the available Dora merchandise at their local kids stuff vendors. Here is a back pack that Gran bought - it's the perfect size!



Honey's Dora gift to Maggie is just as practical as the back pack, though it currently gets more use inside the house.









After telling her that Honey and Gran bought all of this stuff at the store, Maggie hurried to get mom's credit card out of her wallet.



Here, Maggie demonstrates her musical talents.



Finally, here are a couple of recent videos showing how we constantly spoil our daughter: