Ball gown, check. Glass slippers, check. Crown, check. Princess, check check.
We are ready for Halloween. Last year Claire wanted to be a policeman, this year its nothing but princesses and dresses and talk of piercing ears. Oh what a little girlie girl she has become. We are nearing her fourth birthday and looking back over this past year I have witnessed my little toddler, the one I could dress in jeans and cute tees with sneakers and pony tails, turn into a little princess. All she will wear now are dresses and skirts, sparkle shoes, tights and wants her hair in no more than a "half pony" because ponies just "don't look cute" (got to have some hair hanging down I guess). I do not remember ever going through this phase. When I was her age, I looked the part of a tomboy. I played with My Little Pony and Barbies, but I didn't like dresses and fancy accessories. It is hard for me to relate to her wanting to play in these clothes. To me these are for weddings and funerals, not playtime. Although recently she did learn that her sparkle shoes fall off while running and when you are in a field full of cactus this can pose some major problems...a foot full of cactus and a pair of tweezers. So she has agreed to wear the tennies on those expeditions, but most likely she will stick closer to home and spin around in her ballgown, pretending she is on Dancing with the Stars and hoping that this time judge mommy won't put her and Mauser (the dog is her partner) in jeopardy.
Here is my princess decked out for the ball:
