Princesses

Molly recently discovered princesses. I guess 'discovered' isn't the right word. She's technically known about princesses for a while. But for a long time she seemed to know about them in name only (and she'd often mix up "prince" and "princess" - is it terrible that I never correct her?). Or maybe she only had a vague understanding of what the whole princess thing was all about. Or maybe fire trucks were really just that much more interesting.

But recently, she's shown a whole new level of interest in princesses. A few months ago my boss gave me a pile of princess dresses to add to our dress-up collection. I hung them in the back of the closet for Molly to discover when the time was right. Well, when Molly discovered them she had about the same reaction as when that same boss sent me home with a 2' long fire truck: awestruck disbelief.

So, now we've added to our list of haloween cosutme ideas: Princess. The kind with the fluffy dress. Preferably pink. With shiny parts. And "poufy" parts. And a crown.

She did later add "goat" to her list of costume ideas. And when she asked for princess books I did try to look up stories where the princesses actually do interesting things. And her friend Ruby announced today that she's just not into princesses anymore. So we'll see how this pans out.

Maybe she'll be a well-dressed goatherd.