Ellie has started going around wearing a knit cap - She'll seek it out, then yell, "HAT! HAT!" Once it's on her head, she's as happy as she gets. She doesn't realize that when the cool kids wear knit caps they put on sullen faces, listen to rebellious songs on their iPods and text their friends about how hopelessly ridiculous their parents are. We'll give her a year or two.
Maggie, on the other hand, has found a window of opportunity to express herself through her clothes. Every day while I'm dressing Ellie, she'll sneak off, close the door of her room and transform herself into whatever she wants to be for the day. Then, she'll appear in Ellie's doorway to present herself to us. While gone, she strips off her regular clothes and puts on, oh, maybe an old Halloween costume. Most frequently, she'll put on her "princess" dress (aka, my old Victoria's Secret nightgown). I used to be able to make it partially presentable by holding back the straps with a hairtie, but now she MUST wear the sleeves loose so she can keep them at her elbows (like Princess Fiona). She also must strip off her regular top. This means she needs to be cold and indecent if she is to be happy and pleasant to be around. Our greatest challenges come when I tell her that princesses can still wear normal clothes UNDER their princess dresses. In fact, I tell her, you can be a princess regardless of what you are wearing - It's really about the attitude. In fact, you don't need to be a princess at all. You could be a scientist, or an artist, or maybe a teacher... I get the three-year old version of "Yeah, whatever." Honestly, it's better than when she's pretending to be a shark or a tiger, which is not pleasant at all. In this photo, she is not naked. She is wearing her indecent princess costume. She has helped herself to some frozen blueberries, which she can now reach because the freezer on our new fridge is at her level. After all, blueberries are high in antioxidants, so good for her.
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