Barbie Update

If you read The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, you'll know that one love language is Gifts. Its the one language that neither Clinton nor I need. I mean, I like a good gift, and I can give a well-thought-out and appropriate present when the occasion presents itself... but without an occasion I rarely think of it.

This morning Emma woke up and her Daddy gave her a gift for no other reason than it was a Wednesday morning and he loves her.

The domestic bliss we are all enjoying is unprecedented. I am not living by a 5-minute egg timer, for one.

Emma can disrobe a Barbie with all the proficiency of the average 2-year-old, but isn't so good at getting the clothes on the dolls. In the past year Lizzy has developed the skills and interests to make dressing a most enjoyable task for her. They are both sufficiently motivated to keep modest, as Mama has promised to confiscate naked Barbies.

They are playing together oh-so-nicely. There are ample opportunities to motivate in a pair of new or newly found Barbie dolls.