Lila's obsession with Alice in Wonderland is not going away. In fact, it may be getting worse.
Gage is OVER IT. He doesn't want to "play white rabbit games" anymore. He doesn't want to watch Alice (we stream the 80s live action version from Netflix for Lila), he doesn't want to talk about her, read her at bedtime, nothing. He's done. He will still call Lila 'Alice,' but that's only because she doesn't respond otherwise.
The weather has been great lately. We've had a few rainy days, and a few windy days, but overall it's been in the high 60s and sunny. Wonderful. We've spent a lot of time outdoors, and Lila is slowly and steadily "digging a rabbit hole" by the swingset.
My mom jumped off the Alice wagon quickly (and smartly), by telling Lila "I'm not a good white rabbit. But your mommy is!" Lila considered this, and accepted it. Now she tells me, "Grandma's not a good white rabbit, but YOU are!" (Thanks, Mom.)
Gage caught on, because yesterday I heard him telling Lila, "I'm not a good white rabbit."
"Me either!" I interjected, kind of frantically. "Neither am I!" My allies are abandoning me!
Gage fixed his eyes on me and said, "Yes you are. Mommy's a great white rabbit." His steely gaze clearly told me: 'You're on your own.'
So it's down to me.
I can't tell you how many times a day we play Alice in Wonderland. She consumes much more than her fair share of our daily lives. Since Lila's birthday is coming up (May 23rd) I'm playing with some ideas of an Alice-themed party. Lila would be overjoyed, I'm sure.
On another topic, we had Gage's preschool parent/teacher conference and it went very well. Gage will be entering Kindergarten in the fall! My big guy!
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I so want to help plan the Alice party. It just so happens to be my favorite book. I wrote soooo many papers on it. I'm in!!!
Lila would love an Alice party. I'm sure of it! Grant read the book to the kids, and Lexie really loved it, too.
Way to go, Gage!
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