November 28, 2009
There’s nothing really to be said about these pictures. They are just a glimpse of walking with Mikayla and my daughter Kelly after picking K up from school.
Except I will say that Hannah Montana ain’t got nothin’ on this child in the clothing department! This is the most opinionated child I’ve ever run into when it comes to clothes! I have clothes hanging in my guest closet with the tags still on because I didn’t consult her before I bought them.
So here’s a typical shopping trip…
Kelly: “Oh, this is adorable! Mikayla, look at this. Isn’t it cute? Would you wear this?”
Kayla: “No”.
Kelly: “Okay. This is cute. How about this one?”
Kayla: “No”
Kelly: “Mikayla, you have to have some pants to wear when it gets cold. How about these?”
Kayla: “Ummm. No.”
Kelly (using all of her mommy skills): “Hey, this looks just like Hannah Montana.”
Holy crap. She’s a fashion diva at five.
Actually, she’s been a fashion diva since about three. I seriously remember taking her to A Children’s Place at the mall when she was 3-1/2 to buy her some Christmas outfits. I found this adorable little fur jacket in pink! Wow…pink, fur, soft, princess-y. How could I lose? So I showed it to Mikayla…
Me: “Mikayla, would you wear this?”
Kayla: “Ummmmm.”
Me: “It’s cute. And pink. And soft.”
Kayla: ” I have to try it on.”
What?
Me: “Okay. Let’s try it on…….
….okay, what do you think?”
Kayla: “I have to see it in the mirror.”
Stunned silence.
Oh
My
God!
She’s three and she needs a mirror!
Me: “Ummm okay. Let’s see….excuse me. Do you have a full length mirror she can check her look in?”
The sales clerk just looks at me.
Nothing.
She looks at Mikayla and back to me.
Finally, her brain restarts.
There was only one mirror in the store and it was in the dressing room. Go figure. Who in their right mind would think 3-year-olds need to see themselves in a mirror?!?
So we waited until the dressing room opened. She looked in the mirror, turned around to see the back in the mirror, twirled around to see the all-around effect and said, “I like it. I’ll take it.”
LOL!
That’s my girl!
Yep, you have a fashion diva on your hands! Dead giveaway is the turning around to check out the back — don’t all fashion divas check out the rear view before settling on an outfit? It’s great she’s doing her own thing, though, and not following the crowd. You go, Mikayla!
She’s FOR SURE doing her own thing! : )
The girls in my family have a mind of their own. We tend to raise princesses who can drive a stick shift, change a tire and get right down in the action when it comes to home repairs. Remember I said princesses who can do all this…cause we DO like our jewelry, high heels (well, one of us and it ain’t me!) and our girlie tank tops!
Girls will be girls! My sister and I drove down to Florida to visit my brother and his wife. It was March of 2006. EAB had just turned two in January. We go shopping with my sis-in-law in the little girls section. EAB pulls some random outfit off of the rack (those sales associates catered to the kids but hanging the clothes on a two level rack where the first level was just perfect for the little kids to have fun with). She clearly and proudly professes – “Oh, Mommy, this is cute.” the she moves to the next outfit and does the same thing. Yes, the three adults just stopped and dropped our jaws. YAY for the princesses!
Princesses Rule! And in spite of all the princess-y-ness, they can be SUCH tomboys! Wait till I get to Kayla’s caterpillar story. I’ve been wanting to tell that one so I’ll have to get it down and out there. It’s a hoot!