And so it begins
Before we go any further, let me point out that there is not a whole lot in the way of princess material around our house. We didn't go overboard with the gender neutral toys or anything, but we have a lot more stuffed animals and cars and books and that sort of thing; certainly there is a Barbie here or there, but she frequently ends up riding the tractor, etc.
However. APPARENTLY the love of things princess is innate within at least some girls, and I APPARENTLY have one of them. To wit: today at preschool, she imperiously instructed one of the teachers to "make sure to clean that!" after lunch, to which the teacher laughingly saluted and said "yes sir!".
"I NOT A SIR! I A PRINCESS!"
.........ok, but in my defense, this is the same child who, at 9 months, had perfected the art of dramatically pointing at things in such a way as to cause us to call her Anna, Autocrat of all the Russias. AND...I know why she said that to the teacher, it's because I am working hard to make sure she learns to clean up after *herself*, thus I'm sure she hears "make sure to clean [that] up" a lot. Either that or she's distilling every diva gene she is heir to, and that scares me mightily.
My hands, they might be a bit full with this one.
PS. More in my defense. She says please and thank you consistently and appropriately, and even asks if people are all right unprompted. I need a drink.
However. APPARENTLY the love of things princess is innate within at least some girls, and I APPARENTLY have one of them. To wit: today at preschool, she imperiously instructed one of the teachers to "make sure to clean that!" after lunch, to which the teacher laughingly saluted and said "yes sir!".
"I NOT A SIR! I A PRINCESS!"
.........ok, but in my defense, this is the same child who, at 9 months, had perfected the art of dramatically pointing at things in such a way as to cause us to call her Anna, Autocrat of all the Russias. AND...I know why she said that to the teacher, it's because I am working hard to make sure she learns to clean up after *herself*, thus I'm sure she hears "make sure to clean [that] up" a lot. Either that or she's distilling every diva gene she is heir to, and that scares me mightily.
My hands, they might be a bit full with this one.
PS. More in my defense. She says please and thank you consistently and appropriately, and even asks if people are all right unprompted. I need a drink.