Cinderella

Gillian's favorite princess is Cinderella. She has loved her since she first watched the cartoon movie a few years ago. I captured one of my favorite pictures of Gillian experiencing the magic of Cinderella. 

When we were in Disney last year, she got to meet Cinderella. As a Mom, it was amazing to watch her interact with a real princess. 

I knew that Gillian would love to see the new Cinderella movie. I was a little nervous because it wasn't a cartoon. We decided to go Saturday. Gillian dressed in her Cinderella dress and gold shoes. The shoes. Let me take a minute and talk about the shoes. I was going to have her wear sneakers. But she insisted on her gold shoes. "I don't have Cinderella shoes. I need my fancy gold shoes!" 

Gillian and I met Aunt Betty and Grandma at the theater. They insisted on seeing her outfit right away. Gillian took off her dress and twirled. They oohed and aahed. Gillian decided "I want popcorn!" On our way to the concession stand, she lost a shoe. The timing was perfect. An employee of the theater saw Gillian dressed as Cinderella and that she lost a shoe too and broke into a smile. We got our snacks and headed to the theater. 

We were almost done with the previews when Gillian announced "I gotta go potty!" I knew there was going to be a new Frozen short before the movie started so I picked her up and ran to the bathroom. She did her business and we ran back. We made it just in time for the short to start. Whew! Gillian loved it. And then the movie started. 

The movie was great. It was probably a half hour too long for Gillian, but she enjoyed it all the same. I am glad I got to enjoy it with her, Grandma and Aunt Betty. Just the girls. 

Working outside

When John and I got home tonight, Daddy was working outside cleaning up some leaves. It was a warm night so Daddy was working without a shirt. The kids were playing quietly in the living room while I was making dinner. John offered to help me, but I didn't have anything he could help with. So he said "I'm going outside to help Daddy!" I said "Okay, just make sure you put on shoes." He said "Ok. And I'm taking off my shirt too!" I kept working on dinner. And suddenly Gillian was next to me. "Are these the right feet?" she asked as she looked down at her shoes. I told her yes. And she said "I'm going to help Daddy too. But I not going to take off my shirt. Cause girls don't do that!"

Everyone

Last week, Gillian wore a cute top with pink leggings. When Daddy picked her up from school, Gillian said "Everyone like my shirt!" While saying that, she would run her hands down the front of her shirt. She proudly told me the same thing that night. "Everyone like my shirt!"

Today, Gillian wore her new shoes to school. The shoes are black Toms. Daddy picked the kids up from school. He got Gillian first and they went outside together to get John. While Gillian was looking for Jphn, Miss Denise (one of John's teachers) said "Gillian, I love your shoes." Gillian responded by saying "Daddy, everyone like my shoes!"

Shoes

If you are a dedicate reader of my little blog, you know that Gillian and Dorlisa have a love-hate relationship. Most days they are best friends, but some days they are enemies. I never know what to expect when I pick the kids up. Tonight I asked her how her day was. She said "Good." Clearly I needed to be more specific. I followed with, did you go to timeout today? She said "No. But Dorlisa be bad to me today!" I asked her what happened. She said "Dorlisa say I little shoes." I'm confused. Did she really just say "little shoes?" I asked her to explain. She says "I have big shoes. Dorlisa have little shoes." I asked John if he understood what she was talking about. He didn't understand ether. I asked her, were you playing with big shoes and Dorlisa take them? She said "Dorlisa say to me, I have little shoes. I say no, Dorlisa have little shoes. I have big shoes." So apparently Gillian was mad that Dorlisa said her shoes were little. I guess it doesn't matter your age, never talk bad about another lady's shoes. 

Shoes and the man

This morning while I was getting ready, Gillian was exploring in my closet. She first pulled out a pair of flip flops. She put them on and walked to me and said "I a jumping frog!" Then she jumped across the room. She got bored with those flip flops and went back to the closet. She pulled out another pair, put them on and walked around the room. She continued to pull shoes out of my closet and put them back when she was done. She found a pair of silver high heels that she called "Princess Shoes." She asked for help with the straps. I put the shoes on her and helped her stand up. She took like two steps and stopped. That's all she needed a few steps in princess shoes and she was off to play in a laundry basket.

Daddy is at a conference and told John that he was "the man of the house." John loves being man of the house. He thinks its just an opportunity to boss me around. Tonight at dinner, he said "Can I sit in Daddy's chair? Cause that's where the man of the house sits!" At bedtime he also said to me "You know, the man of the house gets to sleep in the big bed!" It's going to be a long couple of days.