The Ballerina Party and The Lump

Coinciding, not coincidentally, with realizations of all things Disney (and perhaps my sister's upcoming wedding), the Bean has taken an interest in dancing and romancing:

"Baby Doll is going to dance on the stage and then get married."

(or last night:)

"My friends are going to have a ballerina party," she announces, walking into my dark bedroom. Then, pausing halfway down the stairs, she returns to announce, "And tell Lena I love her."

Oh, and Lena would be the new family addition, who, in the tradition of second children, does not yet have her photos sent out to the world, but is a healthy 10 lbs. 4 ozs. as of her one month checkup (--baby rolls are forming, and her nickname, "Lena Lump" will thus take on new meaning--) and has us all increasingly smitten, even as we are much less able to shower.