Various and Micellaneous Stuff

My favorite seasonal ice cream has made it's debut in grocery stores! Dreyer's (a.ka. Edy's in the east) makes Pumpkin ice cream that tastes just like pumpkin pie. I first discovered pumpkin ice cream at the Creamery at BYU. I always had it in shake form, as that is the most portable ice cream variation. This should also help to explain the 20 pound weight gain my freshman year (Freshman Fifteen my butt)!

My autumn vice. The one scoop you see is for Caralie.
I eat a heck of a lot more than that in one sitting.

Last Thursday I forgot to take Caralie to preschool, so to make up for it I offered to take her to the playground at the mall. You should have seen her get all dolled up. What a girl. She put on her Hello Kitty necklace and bracelet, her pretty purple headband, and even put on "lips" (chapstick).

Our future fashion plate.

She had "the mostest" fun playing with all the kids at the playground. I didn't take any photos for fear of upsetting any paranoid parents. She made friends with a little girl and they chased each other around the playground for a good 30 minutes. By that time it was 12:30 pm and I was hungry, so I suggested we eat at the food court. Little did we know that we would meet with the ultimate celebrity:

The Chick-Fil-A Cow.

I think Caralie has a crush on the Cow. Is there a law against human-bovine dating? Maybe he can get us some free nuggets.

When we came home, Caralie got on PBSkids.org and made a Panwapa version of herself. Panwapa is a show on some PBS stations that is a hybrid of Sesame Street. It's actually a collaboration between the creators of Sesame Street and the Merill Lynch Foundation focused on teaching children to be global citizens.

Caralie's Panwapa - she lives in a pink castle in outer space.

To learn more about Panwapa visit pbskids.org. Select "All Shows" and then select "Panwapa." Your child can make a Panwapa version of his/herself including a home, favorite activities, and global location. There is a link for parents and educators as well.

Well, to round out this post with one more oddity, I shall expose something that preschool-age men everywhere have always wondered. What's in a girl's purse? Caralie gave me permission to share the contents of her Dora the Explorer hand bag:

As you can plainly see, every preschool-age woman cannot do without the following essential items:

1 coin purse full of change
1 pair of Dora sunglasses
1 Hello Kitty compact (obtained by purchasing a Happy Meal at McDonald's)
2 Kool-aid flavored chapsticks
1 kitty refrigerator magnet
1 bouncy ball
1 Hello Kitty necklace and bracelet set
1 pink watch (obtained by eating a box of some obscure sugary cereal)
1 pink Barbie shoe

There you go, men. The universe didn't implode, time didn't stand still, the world did not dissolve into utter chaos. The contents of our purses are no longer shrouded in mystery.

How boring.