A word about princesses

When Maddie started becoming interested in princesses, I remember feeling surprised that a "girly-girl" had made her way into our family. Hannah would cry when we called her a princess, and would much rather play with her plastic frogs and stuffed animal cat than a princess any day. Considering this fact, I don't think anyone can blame me for feeling a bit surprised.


Well, Lucy puts Maddie to shame when it comes to her love for princesses. Her princess "Polly Pockets" are her constant companions, and she feels naked without her princess dress. For a few weeks she carried a Disney Princess book around with her constantly, and I started to wonder if she realized that it was a book and not a dress catalogue. She would flip through the pages point out the "pretty" dresses, then find Cinderella and admire her blue dress because it was "just like mine." As I wrote in a previous post, she had a terrible time parting with this dress each night when it was time to change into her P.J.s, and she was devastated when she had a potty-training accident and the dress had to go through the wash. On a plus side, I was able to bribe her with a Snow White dress to get her to master potty-training.

As you can see, her princesses even eat at the table with us. Sleeping Beauty met her demise a few weeks ago when her head fell off as Maddie was playing with her. Lucy still talks about her and becomes very concerned when her Belle or Cinderella have their heads turned slightly. Sadly, after this experience she wouldn't let Maddie touch her princesses, almost a month later, she is still not allowed to play with them.

This girl even eats chicken noodle soup like a princess, she divides her portion into four neat piles of soup pieces and eats one at a time, I took this picture after she finished off all of her chicken. It is amazing how these kids come wired so differently, and how I have to re-learn how to be a parent to each of them