A Mozzarella Snowman, A Refrigerator Doctor and A Bottle Leaf Blower

It's obvious that I love our daughter's imagination. Now that she's a non-stop talker we get to hear her take on life. We make sure we engage her in imagination conversation and play. It's a lot of fun to view what's inside her little mind.

Last winter we ordered pizza and an antipasti salad from our favorite Italian place, Tony's. The salad had everything, meats, marinated veggies and an assortment of cheeses. When we placed the salad on the table, Julia immediately said "Mama! Papa! Snowman!" Now, if you've ever seen our house during Christmas/Winter you know that it is a snowman haven. So it wasn't too much of a surprise that she was telling us that a snowman was in the area. But she kept saying it and pointing to the salad. So we moved it closer to her. Sure enough there was a snowman. The circular fresh mozzarella was sliced on top of the salad and arranged like a snowman. The next few antipasti salad orders after that night contained a snowman but she has since moved on to "Mama, Papa, more yummy cheese please".

During our fridge/freezer fun this past week I was in the middle of a conversation that went something like this (while I was washing the shelves and Steve as at work):

J: "Mama, Papa has an ouchie"
H: "Oh, he does? Where is his ouchie?"

J: "Papa has an ouchie toe. It's very ouchie"

H: "Oh dear. Does Papa need a band-aid?"

J: "No. Papa needs to go to the doctor."

H: "Are you going to drive him to the doctor?"

J: "No. Papa goes to the doctor in the refrigerator."

Update: I still haven't found the doctor that apparently is in the refrigerator. But I'll keep looking...

Yesterday afternoon was a good day to stay inside and gather leaves. Yes, I typed that correctly. Apparently our living room was in need of a good leaf blowing. She commandeered an Ocean Spray bottle, a paper towel roll and my under the couch duster. Using her toy hammer, this was quickly assembled into a leaf blower. Safety first: she put a sock on hand (it was a glove). Then it was off to blow the leaves out of the living room - complete with the 'buuuuurrrrrrrr' sound -