September 14, 2006
Ever Singing, Ever Dancing
My friend, Marty, is currently in rehearsals for a Gilbert & Sullivan play called "Iolanthe." It's about fairies. No, he's not a fairy; he's a palace guard. But I can see how you might think that. After all, he watches "Gilmore Girls."
(One year, many eons ago, Billi, Older Sister and I were all fairies in a production of "Iolanthe." The other fairies called us Shimmer, Glimmer and Dimmer. Guess who was which.)
His beautiful and charming Thing One (10) is going to be in the show, too, as one of the mini-fairies. Which makes my teeth fuzzy just thinking about the cuteness.
She's quite enamored with her little fairy costume, replete with flouncy, sparkly wingy-ness. I believe she has crazy glued it to her body. Or maybe she's just naturally that sticky. The crowning touch -- and the current bane of her siblings' existence -- is, of course, her fairy wand.
She uses it for everything: Putting spells on the dog, smacking her sister and brother in the head, spreading peanut butter, bestowing papal blessings...
I was having dinner over there, and Thing One was skipping around the table, gently tapping (because we're grown-ups) everyone with her wand, saying with each tap, "Baptized by Jesus! Baptized by Jesus!"
Except it was more like, "Bap-taaaaaaaahzed bah Jee-zuuuuuuuuuus!"
So, yeah, a Christian fairy with a southern drawl.
I'm adding her to my very short list of Children Who Amuse Me More Than They Annoy Me.
Comments
One assumes the next sibling is Thing Two, but what about the youngest? There wasn't a Thing Three in CitH...
Posted by: some_other_dave at September 14, 2006 03:31 PM
We still call him Thing Three. We've taken a few liberties with the good Doctor...
Posted by: Marty at September 18, 2006 10:42 AM