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Sep. 13, 2008
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What's a mother to do?
My little daughter is in first grade this year. She is very much a girlie girl. She wants everything to be pink...down to her shoes. I posted a few years back about how much fun it is to find clothes that fit her. Last year I let her outfit herself like a walking Disney Princess billboard because the pants fit. This year she picked out Hello Kitty pants and a pair of pants that said "Cheer Cutie" on the front,and worse.."CUTIE" spelled out across the backside. I was groaning inwardly...flashing forward ten years in the future to see my little daughter spelling out inane words for some sport I don't fully understand. Fortunately, the pants didn't fit. I gladly suckered for the overpriced Hello Kitty pants that did fit. Still, I worried on the way home about letting her dress in such commercial stuff. I mean, I grew up dressing like Holly Hobbie.. ..I always wore sensible shoes, never pink tennis shoes...
Then at bedtime, she started worrying about what to be for Halloween. "I"ve been a princess twice, a fairy, a princess fairy...what is left, Mom?" I suggested some characters from favorite books, but she rejected those because Wal-mart doesn't have them and "That would be too hard for you to sew, Mom". She mused about being a vet...a dollar bill...then her little face lit up and she said "I know, Mom, I'll be a molecule! I'll be a water molecule with two hydrogens and an oxygen!"
Guess maybe I don't have to worry too much about her turning into a "Cheer Cutie" or if she does, at least she'll be a really smart one :)
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