The Prettiest Princess.

The other morning I was in a hurry to get the kids out the door. In all honestly, I usually am in a hurry to get out the door. You would think I would have figured out how long it takes to get three kids ready by now, but I'm constantly underestimating, so we are pretty much always late. 

Anyway, as I was trying to get the kids out the door, I asked Ellie to get her shoes on while I got Nathan's shoes on. She went over to the big basket of shoes and instead pulled out a pair of my high heels and proudly came out for me to see. I impatiently told her to stop messing around, and to get her shoes on. I saw in her eyes that I had hurt her feelings, but I hurried the kids out to the car anyway. 

I felt bad for the rest of the day about our interaction that morning, so I decided that I would let her play dress up with my clothes and shoes. She was absolutely in heaven. 

Little brother had to join in the fun!

She loves that black and white striped maxi dress of mine. Every time I wear it she tells me it's my princess dress, and if I give her the opportunity to pick what I wear to church, she picks that dress every time.

Even princesses have to stick their tongues out sometimes.

The aftermath:

I'm so glad I took the afternoon to let my little girl feel beautiful. I know she won't think my clothes are cool forever!

Our Little Princess

This little girl has become absolutely obsessed with everything "princess" lately. Of course that doesn't surprise me since she is an almost three-year-old girl. She loves all of the songs from "Frozen," and she can sing almost every word to them. We were in one of the buildings at BYU-Idaho last week, and a guy came up to us and said, pointing to Ellie, "Is she the one that was singing Let It Go earlier?" Yep, that was definitely her. She also requests the "Belle" cd that we have in the car almost every time we drive somewhere. 

When we brush her teeth, she insists that we find each princess in her mouth. She also refused a normal tube of toothpaste because there was a princess one next to it. It was about 50 cents more for the princess tube, but that's worth it for a girl's happiness, right? Her favorite book is any one of the stories from her princess bedtime book that she got for Christmas. She can name almost all of the princesses, except for Tiana. She calls her "Tina," which cracks me up because it reminds me of the llama from Napoleon Dynamite...

The funniest part of this whole princess obsession, though, is the "royalty" lingo she has learned. For a few months now she has called Nathan her prince and tried to dance with him. He does NOT enjoy it. Not even a little bit. And after renting Sleeping Beauty a few weeks ago, she has started calling me "Queen Mommy," "Princess Mommy," or my favorite, "Your Majesty." (If only her calling me these things would make her want to obey me...... :) )

The highlight of Ellie's month was when her uncle Tucker built the world's coolest castle for her Cinderella doll. Unfortunately, she kicked it over almost immediately after it was done. None of the castles I have tried to build have gotten even close to as awesome as that one. Every time I try to build her a castle with the blocks she says "No Mommy, bigger! That's not a Cinderella castle!" Building with blocks has definitely never been one of my talents...

She loves to sing, dance with her dad, and spin to any kind of princess music. We are so glad that we have our little princess to keep us on our toes!