Dear Reader:

Eva Cate and I have been playing and living with the fairies since she arrived. Yesterday we picked up a couple of new accessories for the fairies but the hardest thing to find is the fairy figurines themselves.

Like the  nice lady at Marigolds told us… the fairies have a way of “disappearing” right off the table and are never seen again. (Eva Cate was quite impressed.) So we had to get creative and add little Christmas angel figurines (thanks Pam) and miniature dolls from the Christmas closets.

When Eva Cate woke up this morning she told me that the fairies had come to her in the night and made her an honorary fairy by putting a red mark between her eyes….(actually it looks like the same mosquito bite she has had there for a few days….but far be it from me to cast any doubts on the power of believing in what we can’t see…..)

Eva Cate and I were spring cleaning, bathing the weathered fairies and setting up different scenes and homes for them on the deck.

It was also time to plant the magical Bunny Rabbit lollipop seeds. This year the “instructions said that for the second year you only have to plant one seed in a cup for one large lollipop” (I know I am cheating..but the dentist will thank me.).

So until tomorrow:  Keep the magic alive for as long as possible….for me that means forever! The best magic in life is how it all started-Creation. Creating you and me.

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh

*Another benchmark for Eva Cate….she ran and leapt  on the swinging rope with no help, started pumping those long thin legs and was swinging with no assistance . A personal taste of freedom. No pushing….just exhilarating soaring!