Izzy is all fairy tale. First thing when she wakes up in the morning -she has to put on her dress-up clothes for breakfast & when we get home in the evenings, the first thing she does is strip down to put on dress-up...sometimes adding some 'flair' -bracelets / necklaces / headbands / a purse / various kiddo bling. She prances about - all priss - calls her daddy 'Prince', proclaims that she isn't 'Izzy' - she's 'Cinderella' or 'Princess Dora Izzy' or any number of other fancy names. She wants to dance all the time :) ~ & she particularly likes to dance w/Mike - usually starting with a proper bow to 'Prince Daddy.' If you've ever read the 'Fancy Nancy' books - that's our girl. She simply MUST wear tights & a dress each day. If God-forbid, Mommy hasn't had a chance to finish the laundry & she has to wear pants, such a face of disappointment - and a sure bet for a fit follows the news. When she wants her adorably curly-Q hair up, she asks for at least 3 different hair bands - all with a different color & girly thing on them - a flower / a butterfly / a heart / whathaveyou. I'm continually amused & a little shocked at how much of a girly girl our sweet first born is. I remember liking pink & purple as a kiddo, but they were usually paired with red or some other bright color - I was almost always a mis-matched kid in my choice of clothes - and almost never wanted to wear a skirt because I hated the feel of tights. Not our Isabelle. - Sorry, 'PRINCESS Isabelle'.
I get quite a kick out of her little sister too - while she is usually up for doing just about anything Iz asks of her, she has had her fill of dress-up. & there is heck-fire to pay if Izzy tries to say Maddy's a princess too. -'I'm NOT a princess - I'm Maddy!' - She'll be a cat or the prince all day long, but don't ask her to put on that Tinkerbell outfit again! -fake make-up / necklaces / purses / babies - all good stuff, but she wants her pants & hoody fleece sweatshirt...that girl is all comfort. :)
Last night was fabulous. We had the whole fam dancing in the living room - Izzy decked out like Cinderella, dancing w/'Daddy Prince' - singing at the top of her lungs like a girly rock star, Maddy spinning all over - singing with the happiest, brightest smile - spilling life & energy all over the room. Recently, Izzy has decided her favorite song is no longer a Veggie Tales number - or Little People - or a song from the CD that came w/her baby Bible...her fave is currently Taylor Swift's 'You Belong With Me'. She calls it 'the I do song' & it'll bring her out of almost any fit. She was crying dramatically for a good 15 minutes on the way to Penny's yesterday because she had fallen & hurt her knee before we left. Smarty pants Mommy had the delayed 'duh' thought to turn on the song...within the first few bars, Izzy excitedly says 'Mommy, this song makes my knee feel better!! - Will you turn it up please??' -Mike didn't understand why I bought the CD until he saw them singing last night...best ten bucks I've spent all year! - They certainly keep us smiling/laughing - so proud of our princess & our firecracker - in such awe at how wonderful two little ones can be...how much joy a few minutes of a day can bring. :) :) :) Love, love, LOVE those girls!!!!
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Now this stuff I LOVE to read about. With two boys, I could bore you to death with stories about mud, digging in the dirt, trains, more mud, etc.
ReplyDeleteI hope God blesses us with a little girl someday. But for now, I'll have to live vicariously through your fam (and my sister who also has 2 girls). :)