The Road To Grandmom's Updated

Dolls

Both of my girls have a never ending love and desire for baby dolls. Every so often, Morgan will become fixated on the idea of obtaining a new loved one. Now, it seems to me and every other adult looking at the situation that the girls have a million baby dolls. Why would they need another? Well, of course, the answer is simply that they do not need a new baby at all. They want a new baby. "But you already have plenty of babies," is a line Mark and I have delivered on more occasions than I could count. Most of the time my grown up, money conscious, rational, conserving mind puts its foot down and new babies stay packaged neatly on their shelves in this or that store. However, if there is anything at all that would have me spin 180 in order to fully put myself in my daughters' shoes, it would be the yarn haired, freckled faced 25th anniversary Cabbage Patch Doll that was sitting on the shelf at Target. Her eyes beckoned and I could just smell that comforting aroma of a new Cabbage Patch Baby as the box is first opened. My arms actually longed to hold the little thing and I had to summon the rational mind I just mentioned so I did not grab the doll and run to the check out. It seems that the dolls from 1983 are making a reappearance on the shelves and just seeing them awakened that yearning for a new baby doll that may not be rational, but is very very real. At 31 years old, I want one of those dolls like I did when I was 5. I absolutely do not need one and you will not see me crossing the check out with one in my cart. But I understand with my entire being what my brain can't explain about why my children want new dolls.
http://i.ivillage.com/PP/toys/toy_fair_sneek/CabbageDoll_325.jpg

Morgan's Halloween Party

Morgan planned and executed a party last weekend. She actually wanted to have a party last fall and it never happened. So, when she mentioned it weekend before last, I said, "let's do it." I have to admit, I suck at planning parties. Parties and crowds are not my thing. However, they are very much Morgan's thing. She has loved parties as long as I can remember and she loves to plan them. Hell, she even plans them when we aren't really going to have one. She made her lists of guests to invite, handmade invitations, and we delivered them to her friend's mailboxes. She chose cupcakes as the main treat, complete with Halloween decorations. We took a trip to Michael's and she picked out several crafts for her friend's to do with her. We decided together that meeting at the park would be the best option and so everyone was invited to arrive at 1:30PM. Morgan was THRILLED. She counted down the days on her calendar and talked about her upcoming party with everyone she knew. She informed her teacher at school that the Jonas Brothers were coming to her party on Saturday. I believe that one of her friends told her that they had met the Jonas Brothers and that you could look up their phone number on the web. I sat with her at the computer as she told me what I was to search for in order to find the desired number. After "Jonas Brother's phone number" and "famous people's phone number" did not give us what we were after, she let it go. So, the Brothers did not show to her fabulous get together, but the friends and family that came seemed to have a great time. The JB missed out:)

Only from Audrey's mouth

Audrey: "Where is it?" (looking for a specific toy this afternoon)
Me: "I do not have a clue."
Audrey: "Let's find a clue."

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Mark raised his voice to Morgan when she was about to stick a credit card into the disc drive of the computer.
Audrey: (very seriously) "Lower your mouth and talk nicely to my sister."