Lucie's Talent

A couple of weeks ago, I was working in the kitchen when Ella came in to see me "in character". Once again, she was pretending that she was a fairy. This time, however, she was not TinkerBell. Instead she decided to be "the bad girl" Vidia. (What is it with my child and wanting to be the baddie?)

Anyway, she totally started reciting Vidia's lines from the movie. I was actually quite impressed...she had memorized the lines pretty accurately. Of course, I can't remember exactly how they go, but suffice it to say that Vidia was explaining that she was a "fast-flying fairy" which is a rare talent. Since Lucie was hanging out with Ella, I asked Ella what "talent" Lucie had. I thought she'd say that Lucie had a "talent" like one of the other characters from the movie (water, garden, light, animal or tinker talent). But no, she decided to keep it more true to life.

"Oh, Lucie is a grabbing-talent fairy because she is always grabbing my things."

Fairy Dust

Like I said the other day, Ella is enthralled with the world of fairies at the moment. Not only does she think about fairies at home, but she thinks about them at school as well. She goes to preschool twice a week, and one of her favorite things to do is play pretend with her friends. And well, fairies are now a big part of their imaginative play.

I guess they try to make it as "real" as possible. I just recently discovered that Ella has been sprinkling her friends with "fairy dust". When I inquired what exactly she was using for dust, she told me that she uses SAND! But, she assured me that she only sprinkles it on the back of their heads and doesn't get it in her eyes. However, I didn't feel too bad once I realized that her friends have apparently been reciprocating...her scalp has had a nice accumulation of sand on it too!