Princess Amelia

Last week daddy and grandma got to see Amelia in action at her gymnastics class. Daddy noted that the school had gymnastics outfits for sale, and suggested that the time had come for Amelia to own a costume, just for class. (Up to this point, she had been wearing jeans to class - which made sense to mommy who wears jeans more often than not.)

So while Amelia was at class yesterday, mommy had a peek at the outfits for sale. I found a cute little blue dress and asked Amelia if she liked it. She liked the dress very much and wanted to wear it right away. I didn't think it would be a good thing to wear to lunch, so we brought it home with us.

As soon we arrived home, I suggested that Amelia model her new dress for daddy. Amelia was very eager to put on the new dress and referred to it as her princess dress. She pranced around in the dress all day, occasionally practicing dance moves or positions she had learned in gymnastics class. She made modest comments like, "I look cute," and "I'm a princess."

I was glad she liked her new outfit so much, but I was concerned it might get messed up before her next class. We put the dress away in the laundry basket while Amelia took a bath (in the big, princess bath tub). After her bath we tried to put Amelia into her pyjamas, but she insisted on putting her princess dress back on. Ok, we let her sleep in her princess dress - but we told her repeatedly before bed that she would have to wear something else the next day.

This morning I got Amelia dressed in her more usual attire with minimal protest. Though she wore pants and a top, I could tell Amelia really wanted her princess dress back. I told her it needed to be washed so that she could wear it again. Amelia seemed to understand and repeated more than once, "It's not ready yet."

Amelia enjoys being called princess Amelia. If she's a princess I guess that makes me the queen.

As the queen I declare this blog entry complete and accurate in its entirety.

Lisa