Happy Halloween!

My sister is going as "Indigo Fairy" and I am a princess! We are all ready for trick or treating. I think the same rules apply as last year. Half of all candy goes to daddy! What we don't hide, goes to Papa Bruce.

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Planet Earth -- You Call That a Movie! NOT!

I have the best sister in the world. She really takes time to listen to me.

Every Friday and Saturday night we have "movie night." One night, I get to choose the movie, the next night it is Arianna's turn to choose the movie.

Last night Arianna chose a nature movie about the ocean, "Plant Earth" or something. It was soooooo boring. I got upset at Arianna for choosing it, but today I apologized and Arianna accepted it.

But I still think I'm right.

It was a fish movie, and the fish weren't even talking! Booooorrrrrinng....


You call this a movie? I don't think so.

Pretty in Pink

Mommy let me pick out my own outfit for school today. I was looking for a pink purse as an accessory. If I get that pink purse, I'm going to put a pink iPod Nano in it.

Pretty in Pink

Bento Boxes, the World, and Other Things Seven-Year-Old Sisters Should Know

While coming home from the live play, The Frog Prince, Grammy asked Arianna a question about countries around the world. I chimed in but Arianna asked me not to butt in, saying that I probably didn't even know what a "country" was. After all, she's seven, I'm four.

In fact, I did know what a "country" was. I told Arianna and Grammy that "a country is a compartment in the world."

Grammy asked me how I knew that. I told her that it's just like a bento box. Bento boxes have compartments and the world has compartments.

The compartments in the world are called countries.

I wonder if Arianna knows that "bento" means "convenience"? Ha.

A Word to the Wise

What not to say to my older sister: "Whatever." or "I don't care."

But having said that, I don't care. Whatever.

Autumn in New England

Arianna and I went apple picking yesterday. It was great! These are all the things we did, exactly as reported to Grammy when we got home:

• Rode a train around the farm
• Rode ponies
• Petted farm animals
• Picked apples
• Ate at Friendly's
• Had ice cream

But then when we got home, I had to get back to sweeping the kitchen. It's a never-ending job, cleaning the house, and it seems, sometimes, I'm the only who does it. 

Mommy got me a smaller broom and a new dustpan to make it easier for me.