This last month included a lot: a visit from Stacy and Vivi, and then other WR friends Gretchen and Amy and their kiddos; her first viewing of MJ's "Thriller," and also the dance scene from the movie 13 Going On 30; Halloween parties galore, dressed as an astronaut; Presidential debates and the (surprising) election and the aftermath; many play dates, mostly with Mila; a visit from one of Grandma Nancy's BFFs in the Bay Area, Gina; a visit from the Franzke Fam; a few viewings of Frozen; hanging out with the Mennes; writing nightly "gratitude leaves"; spending a half-day at work with Mama; several good Daddy Saturday's including a full day at the Unified soccer tournament; and a Wonder Woman obsession.
For whatever reason, I didn't write down as many things that she said this month. I'm sure it is, at least in part, related to how caught up I've been in politics. So for posterity's sake I will again include some of those quotes or anecdotes here, too.
At the playground on the teeter-totter with friends, some boys ran up and said, "we're superheroes, we'll save you!" To which Francie responded: "we don't need saving."
"I'm the decider!" she exclaims this evening, her towel wrapped around her post-bath body like a judge's robe. "And tomorrow Hillary will be President!"
Francine, the morning after the election, comes to my room after eating breakfast with her daddy: "Trump won," she says, kind of sadly or stoicly.
Me: "I know."
Her: "That's sad. And scary."
Me: "Yeah, it is."
Her: "But I'm brave. We're brave."
And later: "Bravery is when we do something even though we are scared."
Sitting at the dinner table, I'm telling Alex about an article I submitted to ScaryMommy.com, even though I was rejected last time, and then about the first American author who won the Booker prize, and how his book was apparently rejected more than a dozen times first. "Speaking of Elsa," she interjects, brilliantly, "... her long braid ..."
To Josie: "You can't have that. It's my dad's iPad. He uses it for going poop." #truthteller
WR 2.0: Vivi, Francie, and Kennedy
Vivi, Kennedy, Francie
Stac (and Gretch) reads to Vivi, Kennedy, and Francie, none of whom stayed in the bed long enough to constitute a "sleepover."
Francie and Vivi, crowned, for a day at the Children's Museum.
Stac, Vivi, Francie, and Jo
More WR friends: Amy, Evan, Peter, Francie, Vivi
Vivi's face = priceless
Frozen fever
Uh, but seriously, where did they learn that?
BFF's 4eva
PreK school photo
Francie got to go with Rachel to pick Logan up from "big kid school" before his Halloween party
VHFLC preK/daycare friends Addison, Francie, and Anders
VHFLC Halloween party - my family is OUT OF THIS WORLD!
Photo boothing
Cutest astronaut ever
She trick-or-treated the entirety of our street, Logan Court, and 53rd; she got to choose "4.5" pieces of candy, like her age (but of course I let her have about double)
"Look, it's the president!"
Halloween through the years: baby bear, strawberry, puppy, marshmallow, astronaut
Our first annual "gratitude tree"
Likes to pretend she is Wonder Woman, and we even cut an old dress into her "bra"
She went to work at Cornell Estates with me one Thursday because she didn't feel well enough for school (or so she said)
Close Ladies take a stab at Pantsuit Nation
Just a few Wild Feminists watching the election result coverage
This is what a feminist looks like
Wise little Bean
Playdate with Max (and Finley)
BFFs Francie and Mila at the Hubbard's house
Coaching Unified soccer with Daddy
This month, it's all about Wonder Woman
Franzkes! They spent the day and then a date night taking awesome care of our girl
Breezy and Francie
Breezy, Josie, Gus, Francie, and Jo (early 5th bday present for G-Man)
Daddy-Daughter Day
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