Parcheesi

A few summers ago it was Mille Bornes, then she moved to Yahtzee, then checkers, and now it's Parcheesi. She spends hours a day playing, either with others or by herself. It's interesting how long the fascination has lasted (three or four weeks now), but she has become very good at the strategy.

Chez Lee

Lee's been having fun setting up restaurants lately. She makes up a menu, dresses as a waiter, takes orders, delivers snacks, and (sometimes) cleans up! All-in-one service.


This was one of her tables. Notice the blue theme. Blue's been her favorite color for a long time now, although recently that may have switched to green.

Musicals

We've been watching some of the classic musicals. We've watched Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Fiddler on the Roof. I was going to move on to Oklahoma, but my singing group is performing "Will You Buy" from Oliver!, and since I'd been singing it around the house (and therefore the girls have been singing it around the house), we started watching Oliver! instead.

While we were watching, Clara suddenly looked at me and said, "Mom, it's really cool how one person just makes up a song, and then all the other people start singing the same song!!!"