Yikes...Oh No....Trouble.... My 3 year old daughter is a girly-girl, and for a hockey playing, sport loving, outdoor living, jeans and a T Mama, it is freaking me out! I am not talking about the odd princess dress and dolly-tea party. I am talking about, barbie houses, socks must match shirt, and won't get a hair-cut because she wants to be Rapunzel girly-girl. The other day we were in the hockey store looking for a new hockey stick for Dada. Daddy pointed out the cutest little hockey jersey, but was Lily impressed? No way, little girly-girl bee-lined right to the figure skating dresses and proudly declared to the lime green, sequined, bedazzled spandex dress,
" You are bootiful, I want to skate with you".
How could she do this to me? Barbie, the most horrible, miss-proportioned, high-heeled shoe wearing role model, and this is all she wants from Santa this year. What have I done? Where have I gone wrong? The other night while tucking her in she whispered to me,
"Mommy, you can be a princess too, you just have to let your hair grow longer".
I replied, " Princesses have short hair too Lily".
She replied, " Actually Mama....they 'don't".
It seems I have not read the 'How to be a Princess Rule Book' lately but she has it memorized. I guess raising a girly-girl is not that bad. She rips on the ski slopes, dives in head- first at swim lessons, and belts it out like Joni Mitchell when no one is watching. She is one independent, determined little person. In fact, this little girly-girl has the determination of the the toughest of dudes... 'Conan the Barbarian,...just in pigtails, bubble skirts, and matching ribbons.
'How to be a Princess Rulebook' by Lily Miller
1. Must have long hair ( messy and tangled is allowed);
2. Must have 1/2 dozen dresses of tu-tu, tulle, and sparkly variety (curtains work);
3. Princesses do not eat peanut butter;
4. Princesses cuddle at any opportunity;
5. Must have pony (plastic, stuffed, or family Labrador retriever may substitute for real thing);
6. Must spend portion of day trying to convert baby sister into 'princess in training program', and if that does not work...lock her in bathroom with lights off;
7. Mermaids are princesses of the sea and are tolerated.
