Yep, it's happening and there's no point in fighting it any longer. My daughter is intent on entering the princess stage. It's just what girls do although I do not remember ever going through this myself. Perhaps it's the super marketing by those geniuses at Disney or just the American consumer that fuels the fire. It brings out the inherent femininity of a little girl.
The little one has had a mild interest in the different Disney princesses and fairies for the past year but yesterday the words came out of her mouth for the first time, "I'm a Princess. Where's my magic wand?" I admit it's very cute but I refuse to overly douse this fire with lighter fluid for fear it will spin out of control. It started a couple weeks ago when the local dance studio was our neighbor vendor at the Harbor Days festival. I asked my munchkin if she wanted to try dance classes. She said yes, of course, and made mention of it daily since then. I knew she had a friend in the class who just started so I agreed to a free trial class to check out what it was all about. She was the youngest in the class but you would not have known by her enthusiasm and readiness to jump right in. About half of the class needed coaxing by Mom to get involved and a few banished themselves to the wall and outright refused any part of the charade. The little one laughed, smiled, and followed instruction for the full hour and refused to leave class when it was over. She sat in the big empty room by herself in total denial that it was over for the day.
Since I had not committed to joining and was unsure it would even work out I didn't purchase the appropriate dress code for the class. She was the only one not in leotard and missing both tap and ballet shoes. As we were leaving she said, "We have to go buy my dance costume." And so we did.
Last night she insisted on putting the leotard on and that is when she became our "little princess". Daddy rolled his eyes but could not help but to comment on how cute it all was.
I finally got her to take her "dance costume" off for bath time and she asked, "Where are my dino's (dinosaurs)?"
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I figured it would be earthtones with a big "Hawkins Construction" log on the front . . . I will no longer be bringing wine to dinner - every time we come over it's a new Barbie for the widdle princess . . . http://tinyurl.com/4fo5zn
I seem to recall a certain someone who has a dancing background - and no - I'm not talking about the ability to stretch ones arm in mindboggling positions...she does look absolutely adorable.
It's wonderful, and she looks like a dream. And she wants to dance! What a gift.
Hmm...I don't remember ever having a princess phase either, but I DO remember my first pair of ballet shoes and leotard. She is so precious in those photos! I also never wanted the classes to end or to take off my "pretties". In fact, I didn't hang them up until my Senior year of high school! I hope she continues to thoroughly enjoy it.
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