Fashionista

Last week at Kylie's school, they let them dress up as their favorite book character. My first thought was FANCY NANCY! I love, love, love these books! Ky was not so excited however. She has always liked the books, but recently she has decided she is a little too mature for Fancy Nancy. I'm gonna be honest, if I had a chance to dress up as Fancy Nancy, I would totally do it! I think she's adorable. However Ky really wanted to dress up as some Barbie character. I convinced her it wasn't a real book character but what I wanted to tell her and obviously didn't was Barbie is LAME and so unoriginal! She then wanted to dress up as a puppy. Didn't have a book to base it on, just thought it would be fun. I think she was missing the point. I explained it wasn't Halloween, but she wasn't convinced. By then we were at school, so I told her I would go home and look for a costume so she'd would be all set for the next day. I immediately drove home and pulled out the entire Fancy Nancy concoction I had been secretly plotting since we got the memo from school. When I saw it all laid out on her bed, I rejoiced because I knew there was no way any 6 year old could say no to my creativity. When she got home, I didn't say a word and I just let her go in her room to find her surprise. Instead I heard, "Moooooooom. What's this on my bed?" I took a deep breath and went in her room to try and convince her to be my little doll. I had to pull out all the stops and tell her I would even let her wear some makeup and I'd paint her nails if she would dress up like Fancy Nancy. Slowly, ever so slowly, I saw a smile creep across her face, and then she exclaims, "Mom, I love it!." Whew! You have to admit she looks stinkin' adorable!