to be a princess

 

It does not take any outside influence



It does not take indoctrination



It needs no instruction



IN the heart of every little girl there is a princess.






I don't think we ever really explained to Eiley what a princess was, but in the last few months she has decided that she is one and wants to dress like one at every opportunity. I think this is rather funny because she owns no princess movies ( has no idea who Belle, Snow White or Cinderella are)has no princess books.

On a small tangent maybe this shows the brilliance of Disney marketing. You don't even need to see the movie and your child still wants the stuff ( I don't know whether this is brilliant or incredibly scary)



Anyhow without going to deep into the Big Brother Disney rant, I am touched by the princess in my house. She is God's daughter and even at a young age we can let her know that. The fairy tale of her life has just begun and like every tale there will be dragons ( right now it is a horrible cough that kept us up literally ALL night....sigh), but through it all the King is watching out for her, loving her and I get to be his handmaiden, shepherding and loving my little one, reminding her who she is because of who He is.


And sometimes princesses don't have to wear ballgowns... undies over jeans makes a statement too.

 
 
 

Happy Birthday Ruth

 
You are a shining light a precious friend and cousin. Happy Birthday sweet Ruth!

a little belated easter fun

 
 
 
 
I know easter was two weeks ago but i had to share these beauties. my mom sent these matching dresses, which charmed us all. Eiley refused to take hers off all day,and after chocolatey easter hands got yumminess on her dress ( which I got out later)I finally pursuaded her to exchange her easter dress for something else.

work and being crafty

 
 
 
 
The last few months we have been extra crafty at our house, painting and trying to celebrate the various holidays with a bit of pizzaz. decorating eggs, cookies and anything that combines eating and coloring. Eiley really enjoys these times and we make it a "family day" activity. The other day she went into Davids closet while he was getting ready for a meeting and she put on a shirt of his all by herself and then said she was going to go to work wth daddy. the blue shirt and sparkly shoes deserved a photo, but we had to break it to her that she could not go to work with dad. a sad fact she finally got over.