Lyla and Company

It's been a while since I've posted positively and with that, I bring you Lyla. It's also been a while since she's made the blog. Considering it's supposed to be about her and not me, it's very timely she is making an appearance.

This child really amazes me. Lately, she has been so imaginative, and keen to what is going on in her and our world. For example, last night, I started reading the Little Prince to her. It's an amazing pop up version that I got at Anthrolpologie for the bargain basement price of $35. Cough. Anyway, the book is pretty special. The pop-ups are so neat, and they really make the whole book. Unfortnately, those of you that have read TLP know it's not exactly a toddler book. It's very long, with bigger words, and rants about adults needing to be told everything. It's wuite good, but Lyla lost interest in the words about two pages in. I had this fantasy of me reading it to her little by little each night, and us acting it out in a very Shakespearean way, and her begging me to read more each evening at 8:00. Well, that didn't happen, but she absolutely adored the pop-ups, and she's quite good at controlling them. What she did instead was tell me the story. I laid quietly, while she turned the pages and began a 30 minute adventure through the book. With each open panel, she would start...if it was a lamb inside, she would begin with a king or a prince running north (always north with Lyla) through the countryside and what he found in the barn was a lamb. Then, she would open another panel and it would be a sun and moon, and she would start about the constellation and the planets, going to Mars, and being in a space ship. I mean, she always tells stories, but these were elaborate portrayals of the prince's triumphs and downfalls. I was amazed to say the least. After two times forward and one time backwards through the book, we had to cut it off to actually go to bed. We'll see what tonight brings. I'll have to video her telling one of these stories one day before she grows up too much.

Also included a quick video short from last week at Nanny and Pop Pop's theatre room. We all went downstairs to watch Sleeping Beauty (a real snoozer if you ask me), and afterwards one of those tween singers had a video included. The kids, mostly Lyla loved it, and got down. This is a short snippet from the otherwise, five minute video.