Prissy Stage

Mary Catherine is going through a very prissy stage. She does not want to get dirty or have anything on her clothes. She changes clothes several times a day. She loves makeup and fixing hair. She wants me to put on her make up and roll her hair. She always wants her nails painted. Who Knows? She attended Margaret Lee's spend the night birthday day party a few weeks ago so I don't know if this is her wanting to act like the big girls who were there or what.

Anyway, I did take a whole afternoon and roll the hair. After we got all of the sponge rollers in...she immediately wanted to take them out. So, it was basically a BIG waste of time. She later decided to let me put her hair in a pony tail on top of her head and put rollers in the pony tail. She slept in it and had a curly ponytail the next day. She also decided she wanted me to put makeup on her. As you can see from the photos, we did the makeup at a different time and she looks weird. She had her MeMe buy her Fushia nail polish and paint her nails to match her bike helmet. It is such a pretty color. We accessorize everything with necklaces, braclets, rings, purses, bows, and sunglasses. Lately we want all of these items on at the same time.

I think all of this has to do with the fact that later this month Mary Catherine is going to be the miniture bride in her Jen Jen's wedding. A happy and sad day for us. Jen Jen grew up like my little sister across the street and she was Mary Catherine's first nanny. She was with her from 4 months until she was two. Jen Jen still keeps her and she spends the night with her every once in a while. Mary Catherine can not understand why her Jen Jen has to get a new house and a husband. We are not even going to attempt the baby conversation with her as she thinks she is....JEN JEN's baby! We went for a fitting of Mary Catherine's dress a few weeks ago. She really liked how she looked and wanted to stand up on the brides mirror so that she could see herself good. She told me..."Mommy...I can't sit down in this dress. " It has crenolines under it and is stiff but she looks so cute. It is a pretty off white satin and she has a little diamond and pearl tiara that she will also wear.

Over all I am thankful for Mary Catherine's prissyness. She lets me dress her and I am loving that. For now, I am enjoying putting dresses on her and keeping bows in her hair. Our big issue is SHOES. We can not find shoes she likes other than flip flops and zippy keds. We recently tried Mudpuddles. That lasted all of about 2 days. I bought NIKE type shoes for camp. She hates her white stride rite sandles and will not wear hanna anderson clogs or hanna anderson sandles. The shoe issue is driving me crazy!