Queen Bee

Meet Miss C.  Yeah, she pretty much wears the pants in the family.  I hate to admit it, but a 2 1/2 year old has totally taken over this household.  She's got spunk and I love it.  Her favorite thing in the whole wide world is Lightening McQueen.  That girl is obsessed.  To the point that she wears the same two Lightening McQueen t-shirts everyday.  Not to mention that she wears Lightening McQueen underwear.  Oh yes, my princess is a total tomboy.  The best part is that she insists on wearing her underwear backwards.  Why you ask?  Because the genius that made them decided to put the pictures on the backside.  Obviously not someone with a toddler.  And heaven forbid I tell her the shirts and underwear are dirty.  Her response?  "Mama, I wanna be dirty".  Gotta love her.  She also stalks the laundry and proudly announces "I think these are dry.  I can put them on now" when the said shirts and underwear come out of the dryer.  You think I would smarten up and buy enough of the same shirt and pair of underwear to at least last me a week.....

Other things she is obsessed with?  Tractors, airplanes, lawn mowers (who knows!), cement mixers (for some reason these are Maters), trucks, cars, helicopters, and just about anything boy.  In fact, right now she is watching a cement mixer across the street (our neighbor is having work done to his house).  I think there is a permanent nose print on my window.  Let's just say she makes her daddy proud.  

But there is a little glimmer of hope.  She loves the color pink.  Right now she has this "kitty pink shoes" that are sparkly and fabulous and she loves to wear them everywhere.  They are the kind that light up when she walks.  Like I said, fabulous.  I'm determined to get the inner princess out one of these days.

She also loves to be naked.  Don't ask me why.  Maybe it's because it's the summer.  Maybe because clothes are just too constricting.  I dunno.  I have a hippie child I guess.  Most of the time I can convince her to at least wear her underwear.  That's about it.  Well, underwear and the pink sparkle shoes. 

Some of her other favorite things?  Bubbles, bubbles, and more bubbles.  She also loves "Old Mother Goose".  That's her favorite book of all time (and has been since before she was a year old).  We have two very loved copies and it's requested every-night at bedtime.  Twinkle, twinkle.  As in, "Mommy that is my favorite song."  She also loves talking on the phone, singing "Baa Baa Black Sheep" to her brother (for some reason she gets a total kick out of this and he loves it), smelling everything before trying it ("What's this smells like"), Mickey Mouse, fake tattoos, water drains (as in the water run-offs on the sidewalks--bonus if there is trash in it), ants and other bugs, band-aids ("I don't feel better, I need a band-aid"), and just about anything else she is not supposed to be doing!

By the way, this costume was mine when I was a little girl.  I wore it to my first ballet recital.  I just love that she plays dress up in it.  I won't say how old it is, but let's use the term "ancient" and just leave it at that!