Those of you who follow my blog will remember how determined my older daughter is.   We've dubbed her our "future world leader."  Enough said.

Last weekend, we attended a jungle themed birthday party for one of her friends.  They hired a lady to paint the kids faces so they could all be animals.  The party was filled with lions and tigers and zebras (oh my).

My daughter was bound and determined to get her face painted.  She waited in the very long line.  Other kids left the line to play "pin the tooth on the lion" but not her.  She stayed in line through the pinata. 

Her oldest brother gave up his place in line to her because he saw how much it meant to her (It's just like him too.  He's awesome.)  When she sat in the chair, she said to the lady very politely, "Make me a butterfly please."  There were no other butterflies there.  I don't know where she got the idea. 

She sat patiently through the process and came out beaming.  The birthday girl got upset and told her that she was supposed to be a jungle animal.  Without missing a beat, my daughter replied, "There are LOTS of butterflies in the jungle, so it IS a jungle animal." 

That's my girl--the Mighty Butterfly--Queen of the Jungle!