Strangest grocery store ever

The same day Charlotte was playing with her Sequence game, Charlotte decided it was time to reopen her grocery store (featuring the play cash register she received from NanaB and GrandDad for Christmas).  She instructed me to go buy some "good food" for my "hungry kids".

She rung up my groceries by entering in to the register the number of each item.  She was methodical and very enthusiastic.

She put all my groceries into gift bags.  At least she didn't hassle me about bringing my own reusable bags.

CHEESE!

After my first trip to her store, she informed me that my kids had eaten all the food and that I needed to go and buy some more good food fast.  I jumped up and obliged.

Charlotte is one bossy store owner!  I would take my pretend business elsewhere, but Peter hasn't yet opened a competing establishment (unless you consider his complimentary toy-tasting services a business).

The board gamer

Charlotte LOVES board games.  She really has only just goofed around with the playing pieces and game boards, but she is fascinated by them.  She got two different games from Grandma JoJo and Grandpa Spike for Christmas, so when Peter took a nap yesterday I opened one up for her to explore.

She went nuts, because this super cute game combines three of her favorite things: animals, colored tokens, and cards.  I peeked at the rules, but decided it would be more fun for her just to play with the pieces that day.  For nearly an hour, she hunched over the board and shrieked with joy at each new card she drew.  She got up and danced around in between placing tokens on the board.  I think she may still be a few months away from really playing this game by the rules, but she sure had a terrific time with it.  Again this evening, she insisted on playing it.  Thank you so much, Grandma JoJo and Grandpa Spike!

And yes, Charlotte is wearing a shirt that says "Kyrene de la Mariposa Challengers", which was the elementary school my siblings and I attended in Arizona.  Corey found a cool site where you could get t-shirts printed for virtually any school in the nation.  He knew I had a soft spot in my heart for KDLM (we were among the first students to attend this brand new school and even contributed to the writing of the school song), so he got a shirt printed up for Charlotte for Christmas.  He's so good at picking presents!

Weird Science

Remember the 1985 movie "Weird Science"?  In it, there was a scene where the main characters had bras on their heads for some reason.

It's been a while since I saw the movie (nor do I have a desire to see it again anytime soon), but I had major deja vu when I was sorting laundry and my son toddled up to me like this:

I admit my memory of the movie's plot is fuzzy, but I sure hope I don't wake up tomorrow morning and find Kelly LeBrock downstairs.