“I just want to be a princess”
Zoe has never been into princesses, but her sister is a different story. Over the last few months, perhaps due to several viewings of the movie Cinderella (whom she calls “Cindarelly”)and/or the influence of girlfriends at school, Avery has presented herself as a big fan. Some stories:
- On the drive to camp this morning, she told me she couldn’t sleep last night and just lay in bed thinking about princesses. “I thought about Ariel, and Jasmine – and Cinderella, of course,” she said.
- “I don’t want to grow up,” she declared recently. “I just  want to be a princess.”
- Avery has asked to wear her princess socks (she has just one pair – a hand-me-down from Zoe) every morning lately – and when I tell they’re dirty she asks if I can quickly wash them or just “go buy some.”
- “I wish I was Sofia,” Avery said longingly, after watching Sofia the First (uh, a princess) tonight before bed. When I asked her why, she told me, “She’s so beautiful.”
- I casually mentioned one night at dinner that there’s a place where princesses live. Avery doesn’t remember Disneyland, but when I asked what she would do if we went there and got to meet Cinderella she told me (causing tears to come to my eyes), “I would hug her sooooooo hard.”
-M