Girlie Girl

I'm trying not to raise Marieke as a "princess" and try to encourage dinosaurs & cars alongside any dolls & fairies. But apparently nature overrules nurture.


Marieke hates to wear shoes except... a pair of hand-me-down shoes that she found buried in her closet. They are super sparkly with pink sequins and jewels - she LOVES them. They don't fit her yet, but she is always bringing them to me to put them on her & she clomps around the house. Whenever she is cranky or crying....I can pull out the sparkle shoes & everything is right in the world again.

Marieke can go from this... (BTW - notice the grinning pesty brother)

to this....

and then completely recover with her girlie girl shoes.