The Glamorous...The Flouncy Flouncy

I fear my daughter is heading down this road...

Yesterday she came in my room telling me she was ready to go to Irish dance class. I did a double take because she was no longer wearing a shirt and leggings. She had changed into a long sleeve pink leotard and black boots. Oh, and she was wearing her black and white cat ears as a headband. Are ya feelin' me? No pants, skirt, skort, shorts...just the pink leotard, headband...and boots...these boots...with the skull, crown and heart charms...

Trying to stifle a scream bubbling up from my "why is my daughter dressing that way" place, I cheerfully say, "Where's your guitar and the Pussycats, Josie? Well, look at you! Aren't you delightful?" "Yes, I am!" she says twirling around. "I want to show everyone my black boots!" I choke back a giggle and say, "Oh, they'll see your boots all right! You'll get chilly in just a leotard! How about a shirt and leggings?" "Mom, I want to wear my boots!" she insists. Hmmm...how to change her mind? I am just about to scoop her up and swing her around in a dastardly plan to disorient her. In her confusion, I will do a quick change of clothes and all will be well. Before I can begin, she says, "FINE!" and storms off to change. She returns wearing a t-shirt (from the dirty laundry), leggings (from the dirty laundry), a shiny gold threaded crocheted shrug(?), black boots....and LOTS of lipgloss. What's with the glitzy showgirl vibe today? She gives me her "Cher" hair toss and stares at me. "Where are my ghillies?" she hisses at me.

I decide it's time to grab hold of this bus before it goes through the bad part of town. "Oh looky what I found!" I lavishly present her with a pink princess thermal and skort. "This would look so cute with your ghillies! You can leap and twirl like an Irish princess in this!" She gives me a glare. I fear I may have just invoked a visit from Miss Hi-Yah (Cat's sinister alter ego) {shudder}...But to my surprise, she blinks and says, "That's a great idea!" She does a Clark Kent quick change behind the recliner and voila! Pink princess! Whew!

Now, don't get me wrong. I am a big believer in expressing yourself and if you want to do that through your wardrobe...fabulous! Cat expresses herself all the time! See? I'll prove it....

She even has a few of these hanging around for special occasions....

The wardrobe decisions of a 6 year old girl are not to be taken lightly! We have tiaras, boas, accessories galore! The kid has more shoes than Jimmy Choo! (Sigh....) The blessing in all of this is that costumes get more than your typical one time wearing at Halloween around here!

I try to let her dress herself most days (with a few gentle hints from me). I love to see what she chooses to show her style for the day. One of my most proud moments was this day....



She jumped right out of bed, brushed teeth, combed hair, got herself dressed to shoes all before I even realized she was awake! (and had no help from me in the wardrobe choice!) What a happy morning that was!

Being the fabulous girly girl that she is, most days find her wearing some sort of bling, her fingernails painted in a variety of colors and lips covered in gloss. (I should have named her Lola...) But what do you expect with parents like these?

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Have a Fantastic Friday!