Miss Boo Goes To The Oscars
This is how glamorous I am. Last night I had an Oscar party with my five year old. She wore a Cinderella costume, I wore a bathrobe over mismatched pajamas. We ate popcorn and fudgesicles.
We were watching red carpet coverage when Miss Boo saw an up and down view of an actress and said, “Oh, bad hair. Bad makeup. Hate the dress. Awful jewelry. She won’t win.”
I turned to her and replied, “Who ARE you?”
The camera went to another famous actress. Boo gasped, “Great hair. Great jewelry. Love the dress! Look at how it folds at the bottom! Oooh what a gorgeous ring. And look at those shoes!”
“Boo, I think you have a future at the TV Guide Channel.”
Miss Boo then raced off and returned with her sketch book. “Give me a minute. I want to design your Oscar dress.”
Boo sketched two designs. In the first, I’m walking down the red carpet wearing a rainbow colored princess dress. In one hand I’m holding a steaming mug of coffee and in the other I’m holding a trophy filled with money. Miss Boo trails behind in a matching dress, smiling and waving at tiny reporters with wings who float in the air around us.
In the second picture I am stumbling forward while wearing a torn neon orange gown and I have a full beard. In one hand I am carrying a bottle of wine and I have dropped my Oscar on Miss Boo, who is sprawled out on the red carpet, grabbing her head, and yelling, “OWWW!”
I’m thinking of having them framed.
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HAH! I haven’t seen those drawings yet, I can’t wait!
You should post the photos. Your readers would love to see them. Maybe she could design your next outfit. But you might want to think about foregoing the full beard. Not sure that would be a good look for you.
Yeah I try to avoid extra facial hair at all costs. I’ll ask Boo if I can post them. I always ask before I post about her on the blog now.
Sounds like you should forget the gifted school and focus on fashion school or journalism school. Who knows someone may see her designs and the next thing you know you will be walking the catwalk with I’m Too Sexy blaring in the background
What a cutie. And I’m glad she gives approval before her stories are mentioned. Ownership is important for all ages!
So she captured your “gracious winner” look and your “just out of rehab” look?
I would LOVE to see those pictures! That is talent in the making!
I asked Miss Boo if I could post the pics and she said yes, as soon as the school is done making them into a little book for her with their binding equipment. Ok what is that called? The thing that puts in the plastic ring binders with a cover? She wants to do a book of award show dresses that she is designing. I love this age. There is no limit to the creativity. Miss Boo has never been a performer but I think she has a talent with drawing. I fear that little Avie will be the performer. She is so expressive when she talks. She is a total mini me. JunaBug loves to sing. It will be interesting to see if the girls continue with these talents as they get older. I was hoping for girls who loved science or math or computers. Anything but the arts! It’s just such a hard line of work to pursue. They’re young, so we’ll see what happens in the future. I will encourage them for now but as they get older they will know the harsh realities of pursuing a career in entertainment!
Scan and post please!
That is so cute!
Ooh, that would be great if you could post them. I wanna see. Do ask. That’s really gotta make a mom proud. I’m afraid to see how my kids would depict me in drawing!
By the way, it is really great to see that she has faith that you will one day win an Oscar!
I’m trying to do that Jedi trick to get you to post the pictures, but it’s making the cat levitate…which makes her angry, so I’m going to stop.
Gregg, I have one ready to go. The second pic is the problem. It’s missing! We’ve turned the house upside down and it’s nowhere to be found. Maybe she’ll be willing to make another drawing for us to see?