Duct tape shoes

While I was walking on the treadmill one evening with an episode of Mythbusters on for entertainment, Lizzie wandered into the room.  On the episode, they were trying to survive on a desert island with just duct tape with them.  One of the things the mythbusters did was make shoes for themselves out of duct tape.  Lizzie saw that, and immediately asked me where some tape was. 

I alerted Emily to Lizzie's likely intent, and together they crafted some simple duct tape sandles before the episode was over.  Lizzie even took the duct tape sandals to daycare for show and tell...I have no idea what the daycare worker must have thought about that particular item, but I imagine show and tell with a bunch of three-year-olds is always a bit unique.

Let's Go Fly a Kite

 Lizzie got a kite for Easter, and once it was in the air she did quite well at keeping it there.  She only lost her grip on the string three times, and miraculously we were able to recover it fairly easily each time.  The real shocking instance was the third time, when I thought it was going to be gone for good, but the string got caught on the basketball hoop and hung on just long enough for me to grab onto it.

I can make thunder!

On Easter morning, amongst the candy there was a Nerf toy of Thor's hammer.  Lizzie saw it and correctly called it Mjolnir (mee-ohl-neer).  I was very proud (this is Joe writing, if you were wondering), but not as proud as when Lizzie waved the hammer over her head and yelled "I can make thunder!"  Later on in the day, she said, "Daddy, you be Odin.  Now tell me if I'm worthy!" as she pretended like she couldn't pick up the hammer.  It will blow her mind when we let her know there's a live action movie of Thor when she's grown up some more.  Presently she knows most of her Thor knowledge from a Little Golden Book about Thor and from the Superhero Squad cartoon.

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