returned from Seattle and Cinderella

Visited family in Seattle over Labor Day weekend. The weather was gorgeous, not a single drop of rain. It was actually quite hot. My fear is it's another sign of global warming. It's been unseasonally warm in lots of places.

I had a great time with Lucy and Jack. I played with my niece, Lucy, for most of the time. Gregory and Audrey went up for a wedding, so originally we(Luke and I) decided to go up as well, but unfortunately he had to to work all weekend. I missed him terribly:(, but I had a lot of fun with my nieces and nephew.

Lucy is quite a talker. I hope she stays that way. Never being afraid to speak up. We read Cinderella and played "cinderella" quite a bit. I was the prince and she was the princess. Lucy kept asking me to safe her from her distress. Of course being me:), I told her she can figure out a way to save herself from the roof top. She can pray and ask God for help to find a way down. She didn't need a prince to come and safe her. We played the same game over and over and I kept reminding her that she can figure out how to get unstuck and that the prince was not going to safe her. I don't know if she got it. I want to do my part in demystifying the damsel in distress must be safed by a prince fantasy. I'm not anti-prince or anti-men, but I am anti-the prince will save you and you will live happily ever after. We make our own lives happen, not someone else. I found myself with conflicting feelings while I was reading the story to Lucy. I enjoyed the story myself, but I'm not sure I agree with what the story is implying or the message that is subliminally implanting into our heads. Actually, I do disagree. Okay, no happily ever after stories for my own one-day kids:).