alice in wonderland.

lert me just preface this post by saying that ever since i was a young buck i have wanted to work at disneyland. but not just any job, i wanted to be a character, one of the ones who gets to wear a wig and a dress and sign autographs and pose for pictures, one who has a line following her wherever she goes, and preferably one with a british accent, as that is my favorite accent to annoy people with. anyways, that fact may help you understand why there are a gazillion pictures too many of me dressed up as alice in wonderland. this is my favorite movie, and the movie in which i collect the most things from (i.e. books, posters, mini figurines, dolls, stuffed animals, blankets, etc.). being dressed up like this really made me want to work for disney again (although this time my dream can't include working as alice, as alice musn't be taller than 4'10") and it also made me want to go blonde again (i have issues). i also couldn't help the sudden urges i would get to sign an autograph, or courtsey for a photo. and don't think that the entire night i didn't say "shAUnt", and "cAUnt" instead of "can't", because i did. i also found myself using annoying phrases like "oh dear me". my 8-year-old self is jumping for joy.


when will i ever be dressed up so beautifully again? never, probably. not if i want to get married in this life anyways. so i pretty much went crazy with my camera. to move up the "nerd" meter one more notch, i shall include my favorite lines from the movie to go with each picture.



"if i had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. and contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see? "


"you may have noticed that I'm not all there myself..."

"curiouser and curiouser...."

"well, when one's lost, I suppose it's good advice to stay where you are until someone finds you. but who'd ever think to look for me here?"

"oh, pooh. I'm not afraid of you. why, you're nothing but a pack of cards!"

Caterpillar: Who... are... you?

Alice: Why, I hardly know, sir. I've changed so much since this morning, you see...

Caterpillar: No, I do not C... explain yourself.

Alice: I'm afraid I can't explain myself, you see, because I'm not myself, you know.

Caterpillar: I do not know.

Alice: I can't put it any more clearly, sir, because it isn't clear to me.

"curiosity often leads to trouble..."

alice: "but I don't want to go among mad people!"

chesire cat: "oh, you can't help that, most everyone's mad here."

doorknob: "read the directions, and directly you will be directed in the right direction."

alice: "better read it first, for if one drinks much from a bottle marked "poison", it's almost certain to disagree with one sooner or later... oh well."

"it would be so nice if something would make sense for a change..."

"well, after this i shall think nothing of falling downstairs!"

"when i get home i shall write a book about this place... if i ever do get home..."

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some of my other favorites:

"of all the silly nonsense... this is the stupidest tea party I've ever been to in all my life!"

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king of hearts: "rule 42: all persons more than a mile high must leave the court immediately!"

alice: "I am not a mile high, and I'm not leaving."

Queen of Hearts: "Sorry. Rule 42, you know."

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March Hare: "why don't you start at the begining?"

Mad Hatter: "yes and when you reach the end... stop."

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"i'm tired of being only three inches high..."

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"i have an excellent idea... LETS CHANGE THE SUBJECT!"

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"ahoy, and other nautical expressions!"

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Tweedle Dum: "if you think we're waxworks, you ought to pay, you know."

Tweedle Dee: "contrarywise, if you think we're alive you ought to speak to us."

Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum: "that's logic."

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"oh yes mustard! that'll do... MUSTARD?! don't let's be silly. now lemon, that's different..."

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Mad Hatter: "ah thank goodness! those are the things that upset me!"

March Hare: "see all the trouble you started?"

Alice: "but I didn't think..."

March Hare: "ah, that's just it. if you don't think, then you shouldn't talk."

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"no wonder you're late. why, this watch is exactly two days slow."

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"in my world, the books would be nothing but pictures."

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"goodness. i suppose i'll be taking orders from dinah next."

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"we'll blow the thing there out, we'll smoke the monster out!"

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"sentence first! Verdict afterwards."

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Alice: "Oh, no, no. I was just wondering if you could help me find my way."

Cheshire Cat: "Well that depends on where you want to get to."

Alice: "Oh, it really doesn't matter, as long as... "

Cheshire Cat: "Then it really doesn't matter which way you go!"

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i do hope my nerdiness entertained somebody,

gabrielle.

trunk or treat.

it's become a little tradition that my surrogate children, the farnsworth's, come with me to trunk or treat. i have so much fun with them each year, plus if i bring them along it makes it a bit more ok for me to be dressing up at (gasp) 24. this year was super fun because my date was indiana jones, and summer is getting old enough now to where she is really like a friend to me instead of a child; i love that. even though meg isn't as old as summer, she talks like she's older which is what i love about her, because i was the same way. everytime i do something with these kids i am reminded of the love i have for them and also the unconditional love they have for me. i mean, it has to be love, right? otherwise why would they be seen with their former nanny dressed as a disney character? exactly.



bo peep (summer), indie (ike), alice, and cleopatra (meg).

sumdizzle, meggy, ike, me, connor (donald duck, love it), and austin.

me and c-rock!

meg did a great job taking this photo! me and summer and ike.

summer's photo skills were muy impressive because she was working with only one hand.

ike and i.

me and two of my primary kids from last year, morgan and madelyn. it was so fun to see everyone and to see the little kids' faces light up when they realized who i was. i can't believe how smart they all are.

me and gracie loo. i remember when this girl said my name the first time. if i think about it too hard, it will make me cry. i love her family though. there are two families that i will still babysit for, and hers is one of them.

jene and baby lilly. jene is gracie's mommy, and a very dear friend of mine. she is always so supportive of me, i love her.

me with peyton and chandler. these are also former primary children of mine.

me with bryson. this kid is a stud. he is one of my primary kids now and he was so cute when he found me. he ran up to me and hugged me so tight and said "I KNEW I WOULD FIND YOU!! I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER!!" he is a sweetheart. last sunday he insisted on sitting on my lap and playing with my hair and necklace all through closing excercises while i sat and sang songs of thanksgiving. who needs a boyfriend when you have boys like ike and bryson in your life? not this lady!