Well, I almost popped my granddaughter with the dress and everything. She didn't have a convulsion and shake as though having a seizure like she did when my sister gave her the make-up kit, but she was pretty damn happy.
I'm tripping out, because when I was her age, sure, I liked pretty things, fair enough. But I didn't LOVE them like she does. I could get just as excited, moreso, about getting a Breyer horse model as getting a pretty dress when I was her age, Hot Wheels, too. God I loved my Hot Wheels.
When we got home I told her, "Come into my fashion closet!" and oh my God! Her reaction was priceless. "You have a fashion closet?" "Yes, I do! Wanna see it?" "YEESSSS!!!!"
Now she pretty much wants to live in my 'fashion closet'.
See, I set the closet up for taking pix of clothes that I'm selling on eBay. I'm using a dressmakers form and even if I'm only selling one piece I try to style it as an outfit (styling suggestions, you see), put jewelry and other accessories on it. I thought she might find it entertaining, but I didn't think she'd dig it as much as she does. It never occurred to me that the child would find something like that to be fun.
So... what do I have planned today? Fashion closet, dressing up the dressmaker form, make-up, checkin' out Charlemagne the rooster, and buying Mommy a birthday gift.
I love finding and using the POP button on kids. No lie, I love it.
Oh, and we're gonna make some chocolate chip cookies from scratch today, too.