if the tutu fits, wear it...

     Tuesday night we (as a family of three) decide it is bedtime. So my husband goes to our bed and Jaelyn goes and gets into to her bed. I decide to delete some emails, shut down the computer and then head to bed. So about 15 minutes later I am done and heading to bed. I open the door and they are already fast asleep in dream land. This never happens. Especially at 11pm. I decided I really wasn't that tired and drug out my tutu supplies. I thought, won't it be so cute when Jae wakes up and sees the tutu and feels like a Princess?   ( not that she is not already treated like one most of the time. She is an only child and it just kind of happens.)  Lonnie woke up just as I had finished it and was surprised at how good it looked. I don't think he thought I had any craft ability in me. It's truly amazing what your mind and body can do when they are not stressed and over worked. ( especially working 45-58 hours a week with a 35minute commute  twice a a day)

     When the time came for our little Princess to wake up that morning I couldn't help but get a little excited. After she had drank her sippy of milk and watched one of her preschooler shows, ( she is not a morning person)  I decided to show it to her. First I said "Jae, I have a surprise for you."  She lit up and said "You do?"I said "yea, I made some thing for you!" So, here I am a woman who hasn't done a crafty thing in probably 7 years and am wanting my 2 year old to approve of my craftiness. I pick up the tutu and show it to her. She just gives me that puzzled look. I say " this is your tutu. now you can be like a princess or Abby on Flying Fairy School." Jae's response was " I don't like it! I don't want to wear it!"  I have to admit my heart did sink a little bit,especially when she wouldn't even try it on. So, we put the tutu off to the side and went on with our day.

     Later that afternoon she wakes up from a 2 hour nap and is in a much better mood. She walks into the dining area and sees the tutu again and says "aww, I like this. I like my tutu!" So I being the person I am and wanting to photograph my daughter all the time tell her" why don't you wear your tutu and we can take some pics of you. I know Uncle Boots wanted to see a picture of you wearing it."( my brother had really said he wanted to see a picture of her wearing it) "Okay", she says .  We go to freshen up her hair and as I put her on the counter she spots some bottles of nail polish. "Can I paint momma?" "you want to paint your nails?" I asked her. "Yea!" she answered. So we painted not only her finger nails but also her toe nails. She then let me put the tutu on her and we headed outside for pictures! Now you can't tell me this is not the start of  a Drama Queen.

     By the way she did great for the pictures. She loved the tutu and Wore it for an hour straight.