Dorothy and Pippi

We have had a busy couple of days! Yesterday morning, I hosted a brunch for my childhood friends who were in town for the holidays. It was great to catch up. Then, in the afternoon, we went to see The Wizard of Oz at the Children's Theatre. A generous friend gave us tickets. The show was quite dramatic and very well done. Since then, the girls have taken turns pretending to be Dorothy, Glinda the Good Witch, and Toto the dog. Glinda was especially sparkly.

Today, we went to the American Swedish Institute with my dad. Joe is of Swedish heritage on both sides, and I wanted the girls to learn more about it.

The girls loved visiting "the castle." The mansion was decorated beautifully for Christmas with the rooms in styles of various countries in Scandinavia.


The girls learned about the 427-year-old Tomte who lives in the attic of the mansion. They each wrote him a letter.

We also watched the Swedish film, Pippi Longstocking, and made a Pippi craft - a "thing finder!"


Jia has been reading Pippi Longstocking. It was such fun to see Pippi come to life!

No one has yet pretended to be Pippi - which is probably a good thing!