say boo (please)

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bea's party with her friends isn't until next weekend so monday, (her real birthday) i had the day off and we did some fun stuff over the long weekend.

• birthday bunting, pink enough for her tastes i think - we had it up in the morning so when she came down the stairs she breathlessly exclaimed 'what's that?'. a suitably cute reaction
  
• opening a gift from grammy
• the gift turned out to be a real winner. a lilac tutu one-piece which was not removed for 2 days except for sleeping and bathing
• a dress i made for bea that she doesn't like as much as the lilac tutu, but the lilac tutu is very cute so i am OK with it
  
• making finn style pancakes for a birthday breakfast
• strolling down at the bay after a swim at the wynnum salt water pool
• running across the playing ground at the windsor bowls club. that flat grass surface just screams 'run on me!' doesn't it?
  
• home-made little bunny who bea named melissa, not as favoured as some sparkly manufactured fairies also received (although she let melissa play ring around the rosie with us this afternoon so i think she is warming to her)
  
• upsy daisy cake, as requested. i would have liked to make a tasty cake, with chocolate ganache and whipped cream, and without the fondant icing laced with food-colouring but alas, 3 apparently is old enough to have preferences and whenever i asked her what sort of special food she wanted for her birthday she would request upsy daisy cake every time. did not forget about this cake idea even when the topic was not raised for 3 weeks.
  

sigh. . . sometimes (and sometimes more than others) i find it hard to play up against all these greater powers that seem to be ever present, like manufactured plastic fairies and television show characters, and not get frustrated. i know she is bound to be influenced by the 'outside world' at some stage but already? i guess when given the choice and with a lack of understanding of the deeper meaning behind 'things' most young children unconsciously choose the bright shiny colours of plastic and glitter over a calico rabbit, and the flashing images of a television over a book, most of the time. we can try to expose our kids to what we chose in our own homes but what about everything outside of our bubble that seeps inside, inevitably? and i don't really want her to grow up in a bubble - i suppose all one can do is provide options and instill some values and hope it all falls into place as they grow.