Rachel's movie date

Today was special day at preschool: The kids watched Christmas-themed movies (including Polar Express, which apparently has enough of a moral theme that the kids spent the past couple of days talking about the lessons it imparts; I've never seen the movie) and were told to come IN THEIR JAMMIES. Late in the day one of the preschool teachers posted a photo of Rachel watching "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" with a little boy who, she later told me, was Andrew. One of the teachers had put Rachel's hair in little pigtails, and Rachel -- my 3 1/3 year old girl, who claims she doesn't like boys -- was HOLDING ANDREW'S HAND WHILE THEY WATCHED THE MOVIE.

The photo was from the back and they looked so adorable (and alarmingly grown-up), I could barely stand it.

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Speaking of looking grown-up...Rachel has been complaining nearly every morning that she's cold, and she wraps a baby blanket around herself and insists Drew feed her cereal. So tonight after school they stopped at Fred Meyer and bought the most adorable kid-sized bathrobe imaginable. (I was swimming at the local community center since Willamette's pool is closed until mid-January. LOVE to be able to swim in such a warm pool near home!!). When I got home, Rachel greeted me in her new bathrobe, which is covered in pink, purple, green and blue hearts. It's so cool-looking that I immediately asked Rachel, "Can I borrow your bathrobe, please?"

"You can try it on tomorrow," she said reassuringly. I laughed and told her I was just kidding, but I really do need a bathrobe and it would be way cool to have the same one in an adult size...

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As Drew was putting Rachel to bed tonight, he sang her an impromptu new version of "The Dreidel Song":

Rachel, Rachel, Rachel
I made her out of clay
and though she's very silly
I love her anyway!

And quick as a flash, she sang her own version back to him:

Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
He's a very silly guy
I tell him that I love him
and then I say goodbye

Perhaps there's a future songwriter in the house??