Princess Libby

Trying to play a little blog catch up while doing about 100 things. We leave Thursday for a family reunion with my side of the family. We have each rented units at Lutsen's Eagle Ridge complex. It is gorgeous up there and we are looking forward to seeing family and then having a few family days together after everyone leaves on Sunday.

In other news, I had a girlfriends weekend a few weeks ago. It was far too fun and I laugh just thinking about it. Eric took Libby to the Dragonfest that day where they met up with Leeanne, Ron, and Ellie as well as many other families. The pictures with the little girls in it are from this event.

Our friend Michelle's daughter Malia had her 3-1/2 birthday about a month ago and it had a "princess" theme to it. Libby had not known what a princess was, but was quite mesmerized by the dress-up dresses, princess watch in the goody bag and everything else. She still has not seen any of the Disney movies, but points out the princesses everywhere, because, well, they are everywhere. A friend had given us winter pajamas with Cinderella on them and Libby now insists on wearing them every night (good thing it is cold here). She told me at Target the other day that she wanted the princess cake and pointed to the one on the counter. I am just flabbergasted by such devotion to something she knows nothing about. Mind you, I am not rampantly against it, just gobsmacked at how she has glommed to all of them. I guess we are having a princess themed birthday this year :) Thank you to Michelle for the lovely photo of Libby in the Mulan costume.

We had our first carnival on Saturday. Libby, Tenzing and Ellie shared a little car that went around the tracks. Ellie, the thinker in the group, became upset about the idea of the car going off the tracks. I can pretty much assure you that Tenzing and Libby never would have thought of this. Libby smiled as if her face would break in two and waved and waved. I think she is ready for the good ol' Minnesota State Fair that is just around the corner. Thank you Leeanne for the photo of the kids in the car!