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Category: Laugh out loud

  • FEATURE: Royal Wedding Part-ay

    You’re cordially invited to the Royal Wedding Pyjama Part-ay!

    Because Three Li’l Princesses is made up of, well, “princesses’’ and we have our own online Palace, we’re throwing a Royal Wedding Pyjama Party tonight from 7pm.

    It’s a chance for those princesses and queens who can’t go to the `actual’ wedding party for Kate and Wills to have a wine and gossip in our gowns (ah, dressing gowns) and slippers (just so you know, we’re not talking Cinderella slippers, either) as we watch the real thing on tellie. No makeup or up-dos required.

    You can pop in and out of the party throughout the night (no pass out stamp required). For Royals tragics, there’s the option to join as a panellist and spread your Royal knowledge. Just let me know prior to the night so I can shoot you an email with the panellist details. My email is kellie (at) threelilprincesses (dot) com.

    I’m hoping it’ll be a chance for bloggers and non-bloggers to “meet’’ some new friends! Because that’s what happens when you go to weddings, right?

    What are you like in social situations? Do you hide in the corner hoping someone will approach you or are you the life of the party?

    PS. For bloggers, Three Li’l Princesses is hosting a Royal Wedding meme today. Just write a post about your wedding day (or how you’re planning for your upcoming big day) and link it up once the meme’s live.

  • FEATURE: Hunt is on for Easter Bunny

    FEATURE: Hunt is on for Easter Bunny

    THE countdown to the fella with the fluffy ears and tail is well and truly underway here. So much so, we spent yesterday getting in the spirit of Easter. For morning tea, we indulged in chocolate hot cross buns. Later that afternoon I looked in the mirror, only to notice I had it all around my mouth. No wonder the mailman wouldn’t look me in the eye.

    We then scoured the pantry with the intention of making some Easter Candy Bark but, alas, there was no chocolate. Some gremlin ate it all while blogging late at night. Hmmm, who could that be?

    Instead, we went and got out this little creation made by her dad back in January.

    White Rabbit-come-Easter Bunny

    A couple of weeks ago this very hat became rather famous after making an appearance on Mrs Woogs’ blog Woogs World. She sent a call out for Easter hat creations, so I submitted the above photo (yes, they are pink undies) and this description:

    Princess Ella, wearing her bunny hat, painstakingly made by her dad, (painstaking, because it’s held together with a pink ribbon and 1000 staples). He originally made it as part of a one-year-old’s Alice In Wonderland birthday party in December (yes, that’s one serious birthday party). Ella, obviously being the white rabbit. Not really the crafty type, hubby was so impressed by his own efforts he put it away ready to reuse at Easter

    But this all wasn’t quite enough. We needed to make something “Eastery’’ and so we headed to the doodle drawers – I mean, craft drawers – and discovered some red felt. The idea was to make a basket to put eggs in during her Easter egg hunt to come Sunday morning.

    Ella got into the spirit of things by donning the hat while we did our craft. But be warned, she ain’t no Easter Bunny. She told her dad this week she can’t use a proper toilet seat. Why? “Because I don’t have a big fat bum’’ You see? How on earth could she be an Easter Bunny? (And, by the way, she takes after her Mum in that department).

    Anyway, here’s our step by step guide to making an Easter basket:

    Get a square piece of felt
    Cut slits from the corners midway to the centre of the square
    Interlink the sides and glue together. We had no craft glue, so used sticky tape. Yeah, doesn’t quite have the same appeal!
    Cut a strip of felt and glue to make a handle
    Decorate. This is Ella’s version of a cat face. Why a cat? I have no idea. Then add eggs.

    Oh, and reveal the full effect of the hat (which makes her look decidedly like Johnny Depp in Alice in Wonderland).
    Although, I was lucky to even capture these photos, considering how fast the egg was devoured.

    Then, patiently wait for Easter Bunny….

    So, what Easter craft activities have you been up to this week?

    I’m linking up with FlogYoBlog Friday over at Where’s My Glow?
    FYBF

  • FEATURE: Get by with a little help from my (imaginary) friends

    FEATURE: Get by with a little help from my (imaginary) friends

    Ella is a social butterfly… with all her imaginary friends!

    PRINCESS Ella astounds me with the extent of her imagination. While once I would have been concerned that she was spending too much time at night reading books to her imaginary friends in bed, I’m now super proud. “Can you find the letter eeee, Teddy? Yes, that’s right. Good boy, Teddy’’.

    You see, this strange behaviour isn’t going to see her turn into Mel Gibson. Apparently, children with imaginary friends retain knowledge faster than other children, are more sociable and more creative. Or so I read somewhere. I’ll be whipping out our favourite Chocolate Brownie recipe and inviting more friends over, I think.

    Ella also walks around the house, pretend mobile phone cradled between her ear and shoulder, parroting an adult’s conversation to a “friend” on the phone. I’m guessing she’s either mimicking her dad or a child care worker. It couldn’t be me.

    The conversation usually goes something like this: “Oh, I know. That’s terrific. She’s been such a good girl today. I know. I’ll just write that down on a piece of paper (scrambles for paper and a crayon). Now, let me see. It’s e, u, h, k. I know. I know. Yes, I know.’’

    Mostly, her imagination has helped spawn incredible art work. Just look at this elephant she drew. Remember, she’s only three – and that long thing is its trunk.

    Then, only two days ago, while I was trying to get Baby Holly to sleep, she was busy with her craft and card making. I came out to find she’d made this rabbit for her cousin’s birthday. All. By. Herself.

    She proudly showed it off to me by lifting it up to my face. At this point, the taped on ear flopped downwards. “Oh dear, mum’’ she said, in a rather sad voice. “He’s got a floppy ear’’.

    However, there is a downside to having a child with a vivid imagination. A couple of weeks ago she had a play date with her cousin of the same age. The pair ran around the house, laughing and squealing because a monster was chasing them.

    Then, suddenly, everything went quiet. No, don’t worry, the monster didn’t eat them. Wondering exactly what mischief they might be into, her mum and I started searching through the house. Here the girls were, in my bed, in the nudie rudie playing hairdressers, doctors …. and massages. Worrying, or what?

    How do you foster your child’s imagination? Does your child have imaginary friends?

  • LESSON FOR WIVES No. 5: Big Girls Don’t Cry

    LESSON FOR WIVES No. 5: Big Girls Don’t Cry

    The photo Ella will hate Kel for in years to come.

    I’M PRETTY sure when you are in the process of scolding a three-year-old it is not OK to giggle. Picture the scene: Princess Kel is trying to dish up dinner, I’m cradling a tired and grumpy six-month-old and Princess Ella (the three-year-old) is proceeding to whine at great volume about anything and everything.

    Then, Princess Ella erupts into tears because mum won’t put her on the bench (where her sole intent is to dirty the already clean washing up sitting nearby). Kel proceeds to tell her it’s dangerous to sit on the bench by herself. “But I’m a big girl,’’ comes the reply from Ella.

    It’s on the end of a frustrated lecture that Princess Kel finishes off with the sentence: “big girls don’t cry’’. There’s an awkward moment of silence, followed by muffled laughter from Kel and I as we clearly both image the falsetto voices of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons launching into the ’60s song of the same name, Big Girls Don’t Cry. If only our lives were a musical.

    It got me thinking about other song titles we might find helpful when disciplining our “little angels’’. Here’s a few suggestions:

    What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye

    Respect – Aretha Franklin

    Walk This Way – Aerosmith and Run DMC

    You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Dusty Springfield

    I Fought the Law – Bobby Fuller Four

    Fortunate Son – Creedance Cleawater Revival

    You Can’t Always Get What You Want – Rolling Stones

    Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac

    I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt

    Voodoo Child – Jimi Hendrix

    Any other suggestions?

    Read more Lessons for Wives.

  • FEATURE: Grateful for Easter Bunny

    FEATURE: Grateful for Easter Bunny

    Ella was lucky enough to speak to Easter Bunny this week

    This week I’m grateful for:

    • A hubby who has a stellar Easter Bunny voice – a high-octave voice he doesn’t mind using on his office phone to a three-year-old on the other end. You see, after Ella was misbehaving last week, I resorted to ringing Easter Bunny to tell him not to visit. Since then, we’ve had a super little angel. It finally resulted in Ella getting to phone the deliverer of chocolate eggs on Wednesday to let him know he can now visit her next weekend. Imagine Bindi Irwin talking after sucking on a helium balloon: “Now, you keep being a good little girl for your mummy and I’ll bring you a lovely chocolate egg”.
    • The wonderful people at ECCO, who sent the most gorgeous pair of shoes and a $250 voucher for a reader. It’s days like these I’m extra glad I started blogging.
    • For catching up with family. Ella had cousins visit from interstate this week and was able to twist their arms to watch her dance lesson today. However, she was far too interested in her new audience to actually dance. While everyone else was mid twirl, she was busy waving to her cousins on the sidelines. Too cute.

    So, what are you grateful for this week?

    I’m joining with  Maxabella Loves to share what I’m grateful for.

  • FEATURE: I’m grateful for Twitter

    FEATURE: I’m grateful for Twitter

    Ella would much rather the strawberries from the garden than the beetroot

    This week I’m grateful for:

    • Social media becoming my new notetaker. When hubby arrived home from his meeting on Thursday night, he asked how three-year-old Ella had enjoyed her homegrown beetroot for dinner. My response: “oh yeah, I tweeted it so I’d remember it’’. Hubby started laughing at me and then said: “that’s funny, I’m going to Facebook that’’. And just incase you were wondering what Ella’s response was to the beautifully cooked beetroot, she said: “that’s truly yucky’’.
    • Homemade birthday cards. Ella had an absolute ball making birthday cards today for her Nan O’Brien, cousin Lisa and Uncle Rick. Uncle Rick is going to be so excited when he gets his Princess card.
    • The Wonder Weeks book. While it’s been helping me cope when Baby Holly turns feral (also known as developmental leaps), by blogging about it I’ve somehow convinced a whole heap of women to buy the book (unintentionally). Should have had an affiliate link on the blog. Drats!!

    So, what are you grateful for this week?

    I’m joining with Maxabella Loves to share what I’m grateful for.