Pinkalicious

One of our ways to tell Hudson and the family we were having a girl was with cupcakes and the book Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann.  Well, Hudson heard it at least 4 times the day of his party when we introduced the book.  It's one of his top 3 books on a daily basis.  Matter of fact, he knows it so well he can recite it.  The video is long, but hilarious because he adds a lot of expression.  Can you guess which parent he gets that from?:).

Jared wanted me to add the words so here ya go:

Pinkalicious 

by Victoria & Elizabeth Kann

It was a rainy day, too wet to go outside.

Mommy said, "Let's make cupcakes!

What color do you want?"

"Pink!" I said. "Pink, pink, pink!"

Mommy put in some pink.

"More!" I cried, "More, more, more!"

I gobbled up a couple of cupcakes while Mommy and I frosted them.  They were so yummy--they were PINKALICIOUS!  I offered one to Peter, my little brother, but he is very picky and didn't want to eat his.  So I ate it.

"Please, Mommy, can I have JUST ONE MORE?"  

I begged when I woke up from my nap.  "You get what you get, and you don't get upset," she said.

But I got very upset.

After dinner I ate more cupcakes.

Then I refused to go to bed.

"Just one more pink cupcake, and I'll go to sleep," I promised. 

Daddy waved a tired finger at me.  "You have had ENOUGH!"

The next morning when I woke up, I was PINK!  My face was pink, my hands were pink, and my belly was the color of a sunset.

Daddy thought I had played with markers, so he gave me a bath.  

The pink did no come off.

My hair was the color of raspberry sorbet.  I cried because I was so beautiful.  I even had PINK tears.  I put on my pink fairy princess dress and twirled in front of the mirror, while Mommy speed-dialed the pediatrician.  

"I'm Pinkerbelle!  Look at me, I'm Pinkerbelle!"  I sang.

Mommy grabbed her purse.

"Just one more cupcake!  PLEASE JUST ONE MORE!"  I yelled on the way out the door.  Mommy took me right to the doctor's office.

Dr. Wink looked at me and said, "You have a very rare and acute case of Pinkititis."

I guess that's not the worse thing that could happen.

Just call me PINKERELLA!

Then Dr. Wink said, "For the next week, no more pink cupcakes, pink bubble gum, or pink cotton candy." (BOO!)

"To return to normal, you must eat a steady diet of green food." (YUCK!)

On the way home, we stopped at the playground.  My friend Alison was there, but she didn't see me because I blended in with the pink peonies.

When I waved to Alison, a bumblebee landed on my nose.  "Buzz off!  I am not a flower!" I scolded the bee.

Soon I was surrounded by bees, butterflies, and birds.

"MOMMY," I cried, "please take me home!"

When we left the playground, I asked Mommy if I could eat bother pink cupcake when we got home.  "Don't you remember what the doctor told you?" she said.  "NO MORE CUPCAKES!"  Peter tugged at my pintails.  "I wish I were pink like you," he said.  He was green with envy.

That night, I pretended to eat my dinner of mushy, dark green vegetables.  After everyone went to sleep, I sneaked into the kitchen, climbed onto chair, and reached on my tippy toes to the top of the refrigerator, where Mommy had hidden the cupcakes.  

I took just one more pink cupcake and ate it.  Then I licked the pink cupcake wrapper clean.

When I woke up in the morning, I felt different.  I ran to the mirror and peered at my reflection.  

I was a deeper pink than I had ever seen, in fact, I was no longer pink.

I was red!

"Oh, no, not RED!" I screamed.

I didn't want to be red.  I should NOT have eaten that pink cupcake last night!  I wanted to be myself again.  I knew what I had to do.

I opened the fridge, help my nose, and squeezed a bottle of icky green relish onto my tongue.  I ate pickles and spinach, olives and okra.  I choked down artichokes, gagged on grapes, and burped up Brussels sprouts.  Next thing I knew, my arms tickled, my ears tingled, and my feet twitched.

I was no longer red.  I was no longer pink.  I was me, and I was beautiful.  "So what happened to the rest of the cupcakes, Pinkalicious?"  Daddy asked.

Just then Peter ran in and yelled...

"Pink-a-boo!"

Love you Hud Bud!  You'll be the best big brother to a little sister:).