Cute Beyond Words


I was playing around with a tool called "Wordle" yesterday that creates word collages based on the content of a blog. Naturally I thought I'd use it here. As I count down the days to Rhiannon's sixth birthday, and to the conclusion of this blog, it seemed fitting to have a retrospective of what Rhiannon is about.

Rhiannon. Cute beyond words.

Andrew (Papa)

Firebird Sweet


Like her old man, Rhiannon is spending her summer writing books. But unlike her slowpoke father, she churns out illustrated volumes at a Dickensian rate of about one per day. Illustrated. Take yesterday, for example.

Rhiannon is inspired by dance. And, with the recent death of Michael Jackson, Rhiannon has decided to create some of her own dances. She has given them names. And she has not only choreographed them, but she has also designed the outfits and costumes that should be worn by the lead dancer.

The image above is for a dance she calls, "Firebird". Now, she has seen Disney's Fantasia, and is well acquainted with the Firebird Suite of Igor Stravinksy. So she has drawn a brightly colored garment, birdlike, firelike. And when Rhiannon dances it, she flies and swoops, and then rolls around on the floor as if to put out the flames.

She has designed for other dances, too. Here they are (the spelling is her own):

Balae (ballet): pink tutu and shoes, flowers

The Flawr Garl (the flower girl): pink dress with hearts of many colors. Strangely, there are no flowers.

Mad Hatr (Mad Hatter): blue mini with brown fortune cookie and a black, stovepipe hat

Emma's Hat (Emma's Hat -- Rhiannon did use the apostrophe correctly on her own): pink mini with flower, red flip-flops, tiny black hat

Hap Tenn Hap (unknown) -- orange dress, blue detail, with red boots

The Heree (the hairy) -- gray wolf suit with peace medallion on a chain, bunny slippers

Lola's Dress (Lola's Dress) -- flowing, blue gown with pink heart, Ariel wig

The Ha Garl (The "Hey, Girl!") -- B-girl outfit with red mini and half-top

Ha You (Hey, You!) -- flowing, dark-blue gown with purple top and red pumps

Pajama's Garl (Pajamas Girl) -- pink nightgown with brown spots and teddy bear accessory

HSM (High School Musical) -- red cheerleading outfit with pom-pons

The Scarcroe (The Scarecrow) -- brown scarecrow costume with straw wig and yellow shoes

Wicid (Wicked) -- multicolor witch outfit from the eponymous musical

The Tea Garl (The Tea Girl) -- pink, Chinese dress with big, red buttons and black wig with topknot

And this one pictured below: The Love (The Love) -- red bra and panty set, red wig worn up



Rhiannon. Dressably Cute.

Andrew (Papa)