Man, it's HOT around here!
It's been hot for the last 3 weeks or so.
Every morning we wake up to a blue sky, hardly a cloud in sight and by 10 am when I take Annie to school, it's already 25ºC outside.
Makes me wonder what it's going to be like by the time we are in August!!
But it's been a good weekend. Last night we had a picnik supper, consisting of "make your own pizzas" (mine was anchovy, artichoke, capers and blue cheese, Annie's was her traditional "cheese and black olives", Cisco's was his traditional...meat whatever ;)
...and we watched--for the second time this weekend--"Arthur and the Minimoy". What a great film that is. We'd seen it before but I think Annie was younger and didn't enjoy it as much. If you have kids and haven't seen it, it's well worth the watch. And even if you haven't got kids...your inner child would have a blast.
Truly enjoyable!
Here's a link. And you'll recognize several of the voices, I am sure!
Today has been a hang out at home day. Cooked a nice meal for lunch (the bigger meal of the day in Spain)...Annie's two cousins came over to play in the paddling pool on our deck. They had an absolute blast, and were wet for a good 3 hours. Good way to keep cool. Cisco was even in the pool with the 3 of them at one point!
The girls were rolling around like mermaids.
Which reminds me, I wanted to share one of Annie's drawings, on her favourite topic. She's become quite the expert on drawing them, very systematically.
And when she plays dolls (or barbies, which are mostly mermaids anyways!) she usually plays out the stories of Ariel, or Alina...
Pretty good rendition for a 4 year old, eh?
Cracks me up...and makes me smile.
So here's to believing in mermaids...and fairies...and princesses...
And enjoy your Sunday!
hey, lisa! yes, the mermaids! not glasses, she is just very specific with the eyes, and given the marker, looks a little intense ;)
Yes, Ariel is a big part of Annie's world too. Interesting formation of archetypal patters they do in their symbolic/mythological world when they play, eh?
Minimoy movie: a MUST see: http://www.arthur-movie.com/
it would make for a great movie nite with you. Love it.
Hope you are doing groovy. thanks for stopping by ;) matta ne!
Posted by: lisa mitchell | June 21, 2009 at 13:01
sounds like you had a great day. Annie's mermaids are cute! I am wondering why they have glasses. Willow also loved the little mermaid and played her a lot. She was Ariel for halloween two years in a row, and she still wears the ariel dress she has even now.
Don't know the minimoy movie, will have to look for it.
It's hot here as well, but it's still cooling down at night so even though it may go up to above 30 during the day, it's still bearable. I hate summer when the nights cool down to 30....
Pizza sounded great.
enjoy.
Posted by: Lisa Dawn | June 21, 2009 at 00:50