Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Who would you invite?

There are so many little fantasy games that grown ups play as conversation starters, get-to-know-yous, etc. One is "what books would you take with you on a deserted island?" Another is "If you could invite 12 people, dead or alive, to dinner, who would you invite?"
Lucy may not be playing some game, but she knows part of her answer, "Barack Obama and Ina." She asked me the other day if "Obama could come over for dinner when Ina comes." I said, sure, he could come, if and when Ina (from her favorite food network show) came over to dinner. I'm sure the other members of the dinner party would include Harper, La La, random family members or 3 year-old friends and perhaps a cartoon character or two, or maybe a teacher from school. I'm sure that a special, chosen stuffed animal or little animal figurine would be there as well. I'm sure noodles would be served, and maybe salad. And definitely Pez, jelly beans or smarties for dessert.
And after dinner, instead of cocktails, they would all take a big bubble bath, run around in the nude with a hooded towel on their head yelling "Lucy dragon or Ina dragon or Barack dragon", insist on 5 more minutes of play, need a bowl of Cheerios for a snack, pick out the world's longest bedtime story, kiss and tickle Harper before bed, and then proceed to dream up 2-10 more things they need before going to bed (a drink, a potty break, a tissue ...). Finally, the night would end with "twinkle twinkle little star" and a reminder to "keep the door cracked".

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