I forgot to publish this post earlier

Vivian and I had a dolly hair salon this week. Several of her dolls' hair was looking very rugged so I figured it was worth a shot. We washed it in baby shampoo.

Then we soaked them in a 1:1 ratio of water and fabric softener for 24 hours. I was skeptic but it actually worked!

Rinsing dolly hair

Silvermist with fresh hair

Just posting this because Vivian said I look like Keegan in it. I'm not quite sure about that but it was funny.

Weekend

Saturday was our wedding anniversary! Megan came over to play with Vivian while Victor and I went to dinner and a movie. Yes, we stayed up late enough to do both in one evening. Wild and crazy times over here.

Here's Vivian posing with her princess army for Megan.

Vivian loves to pretend to go to bed in the spare bedroom. Never at bedtime and never in her own room. She also loves dressing up my Felicity doll. 

Rocking Felicity to sleep.

Drinking her milk out of a big girl mug. This dress was initially going to be the very clothing item I officially saved. But then she found it and started playing dress up in it. I figure I'd rather she have fun with it now than stare at it creepily in 15 years when she goes to college. It's such a cute dress though!

Gift from Caiti

Caiti sent Vivian a Halloween package the other day. We could see it from the street and Vivian flipped out! She sprinted to get it. Note the cute way the UPS guy displayed it with the pumpkin from Papa

Adventurer

Hiking in the woods

Practicing climbing like Anna (and mommy practicing not hovering and letting Vivian discover what she can and cannot do in a relatively controlled environment)

So proud of herself for making it the whole way up without help!! I then promptly firmly asked her not to chill on a wall and to never get that close to the edge without mommy there to catch her. Whew!

Pretending to be a doggy without scratching her boots.

Weekend Updates

Vivian practiced her makeup for Halloween

And we made snow fairy wings so she could practice being Periwinkle

And she totally acted like a lady at the zoo

Renaissance Festival

This weekend we went to the Kansas City Renaissance fair. It was perfect for Vivian! Lots of fairies and princesses and castles. What more could she wants. Oh, horses!! She loves horses.

She also liked wielding the giant hammer and hitting things with it. 

Riding a horse

Dressed like a fairy. She's a precious angel… when dressed like a fairy or when sleeping.

She even sat on the throne of swords and met Daenerys!

Then she made me ride the camel with her. It smelled bad and was bumpy. But she loved it so worth it. 

Playing Outside

Monster Outfit