His dolly is now 'Ariel'

So, as if Ciara’s ‘Disney Princess’ obsession wasn’t enough…

 

Seamus has had this doll ever since I can remember…her name has always been ‘Dolly’.  On Friday, I think it was, he informed us that he had named his dolly ‘Belle’, which makes some sense, since he likes ‘Beauty and the Beast’.  On Saturday, he informed us that he had named his dolly ‘Ariel’…and it looks like this one is sticking.  I remember asking him this weekend, ‘Do you want your dolly?’ when I put him to bed, and he told me ‘Her name is Ariel, Mommy’.  Huh.  He’s been telling us that he wants to be a king for a week or 2 now…I think he finally got it through his head that he couldn’t be a princess because he is a boy.

 

I took Seamus to Target on Saturday to get Ciara some underwear.  Sure…she’s making progress on toilet-training, but that’s not why I got her underwear.  She’s been wearing more dresses lately, and some of them don’t have those diaper cover things.  So, she got inventive and pulled a pair of Seamus’ underwear (from someplace…I’m hoping it was the clean clothes basket) and either gave them to Mike to put on her, or she started putting them on herself.  Either way, I bought her some underwear that she can put on over her pullup when she wears dresses.  So, I asked Seamus…which kind of underwear do you think Ciara would like?  There was a choice of Princesses, Sleeping Beauty, or Elmo.  He said that she would like the Sleeping Beauty ones.  So, that’s what she got.

 

Not only did Seamus name his dolly ‘Ariel’, but he also tried to take a picture of his cousin Sarah to bed with him.  We compromised, and put it on his dresser.  He overheard me talking to his Aunt Diana on Saturday morning about Ariel nightgowns being on sale at Kohls, so that is probably what started the whole thing.  

 

He’s been having a great time at bowling lately.  Last week, he bowled his highest game ever of 94.  This week, he bowled his second-highest game ever of 85.  His average is now a 70…might go up another point as well.  He’s been doing extremely well…he’s been throwing with more power.  We’ll be signing him up for the summer season as well…he says he wants to go, and he does really like it.

 

I took Ciara to the Arizona Science Center last weekend while Mike took Seamus bowling (the same week he got that 94, so I missed seeing it)…she really liked that.  We have a membership, so it was free to get it.  She remembers the ‘big nose’ exhibit (and she liked throwing foam balls at the nose, until it sneezed them out at her…then she didn’t like it so much).  We learned about how sand can hold water back, and if we move the sand, then the water can break through (I think she just liked playing in the water, to be honest).  She did have a good time, and we took the light rail downtown.  When we arrived back at the Park and Ride lot, she was asleep in 5 minutes after buckling her up in the car.

 

This is Seamus’ last week at his daycare…next week, he will switch to Tutor Time.  I think he’s really going to like that…they have more computers in their classroom, and he really likes those.  We think it will be a good change for him…maybe shake things up a bit for his behavior to get better.

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