I want to be a witch when I grow up

All Alexandra wanted for her birthday was a special edition barbie doll...and not just any barbie, but the Wicked Witch of the West. That's right. We were at Toys R Us and Isabelle was going gaga over the new barbie fairies from "Thumbelina". Allie was half heartedly saying she wanted the pink one, but kept on wandering away. I finally asked her what she was looking at and she brought over the Wicked Witch. It laughs an evil laugh and plays that song, you know...da da da dada... Well I thought she would get over it but she would not let it go. Everyone that asked what she wanted for her birthday..."the Wicked Witch of the West". Well Uncle Jon obliged to her persistent request although he felt bad for giving it to her. She was so excited when she opened it and kept saying how pretty she was and how much she loves her because she can tell all the flying monkeys what to do. She was telling someone on the phone about the Wizard of Oz movie and said it was a movie about a beautiful green witch who was queen of the flying monkeys and they would do anything she wanted. Oh, and she's evil.

Well, when we put her in bed on her birthday night, she wanted her witch, she lovingly looked at her and preceeded to ask me how she can fly:

Me: She puts a spell on the broom and then it can fly

Allie: How does she do a spell

Me: You know like abracadabra, its magic

Allie: Do you know the spell to make a broom fly

Me: No

Allie: Can you teach me how to be a witch, I want to be magic

Me: I don't know magic

Allie: (In a dreamy voice) I wanna be a witch when I grow up, can I be a witch?

Me: Your Nani wanted to be a witch when she was little (she really did, I'm not being mean)

Allie: (Super excited) REALLY? ...I wanna be a witch

Ben: The witch does kinda look like your mom, minus the green skin (it is a very pretty doll :) )

Allie: I wanna have black hair and be a witch, but I need a witch outfit, but does it have to be black, I don't like black.

Me: No, it doesn't have to be black. We'll look for one tomorrow.

Allie: Ok, goodnight

I turn off the lights and in the darkness hear...da da da dadada hehehehe and a little giggle from Allie.

Rooftop Garden

So, we have this amazing roof top patio. It is tiled and enclosed and you get to it from a spiral staircase from our bedroom. We haven't really used it yet because there was nowhere to really sit up there. My brother Mike had a great idea to put a garden up there. So, today we officially started our rooftop garden. I now have this image in my head of a beautiful garden with a bistro table and chaise lounges ... but we'll see. I did find furniture and we got the tomatoes planted. We also planted jasmine plants on all of the balconies. It smells soooo good. But the kids loved to plant all the plants and they promise to water...we'll see. We'll keep you updated on our little oasis. I think it is going to be awesome, Ben and I got hot chocolate and quilts an hung out on the lounge chairs after all the kids were in bed. I have to say, I think it is my new favorite room :)

Green Eggs and Pancakes

Happy St. Patrick's Day!