It's just too good not to blog about

So I'm not exactly sure where this is coming from, but lately Miss C thinks she is Darth Vader. It's been going on for a little over 2 weeks now and it looks like its here to stay for a little while. Mee Maw's birthday was this past weekend and she even wanted to go to Mee Maw's "party" dressed up as Darth Vader. We've even made several appearances around town in the Darth Vader get up, light saber and all. Of course, I just love it. I love letting her express her own style. When else are you going to be able to walk around town as Darth Vader and not get those, "you're a weirdo" stares?

I also love that she's unique. Definitely not a girly girl, but just girly enough to love purple, and jewelry and all things that sparkle. By the way, purple is the color du jour. Not pink. Nope. Not anymore. Now she wants to redo her room because it's pink and she loves purple now. This mama is only going to let her express her style so far. I spent a lot of time painting that room and unfortunately for her it's going to stay pink for awhile. Now, when she suddenly loves a nice burnt sienna or some other yummy color like that, then we'll talk.

For now, here's Darth Vader

We're keepin' it real with the pink blanket cape (made with a binder clip) and backwards pink polka dotted rain boots. Oh and the light saber is her own design. She helped J color it in and was very specific on the color combination. She asked, no begged, me to take out my camera and take pictures of her as Darth Vader. Mommy loves you baby.

And because Miss C wanted her picture taken, guess who else wanted his picture taken? This face is so him. To a T.

This is the usual pose I get when I ask them to stand together so I can take their picture

before we ran out of light for the evening, I made Darth Vader go put a bow in her hair. After all, I'm still the mother. She was none to pleased with that request and it was like pulling teeth to get any photos after that.

And finally the piece de resistance. The main reason (in my opinion) for this post. This is just too good not to blog about. A little backstory. J is like a kid at Christmas now that the kids are a little older and are getting into the "cool" toys. He just can't resist. When Little J opens any sort of gift, J is in the background telling him, "let me show you how that works." Ok, it's a matchbox car. I know my son isn't a rocket scientist, but I'm pretty sure he can figure out how to roll the car back and forth. If Little J takes too long to open a gift (or finds it amusing to just play with it while it's still in the box) J goes crazy. J is also prone to showing them the "right way" to play with something. So when Miss C was out for her photo shoot as Darth Vader, J had to butt in and show her the right way to pose with the light saber. Practically grabbed it out of the girl's hand because it was driving him nuts that she wasn't holding it just right.

**as a note, I did give fair warning that this would be posted**

Serves you right :)