Our Kids

I joked to Jason that we have suppressed Lela’s inner diva long enough and now it is dying to get out. She isn’t really a diva but she is pretty girly even though she has never seen a Disney movie, I have not encouraged girlishness (being a tomboy myself), nor have I talked about what is pretty or steered her towards any colors. In that respect we have been fairly agnostic I think.

Anyway, her preferences are coming out. Piper is very nurturing and loves baby dolls. Lela is all about bows in her hair, the color pink, dancing like a ballerina and all the sugar and spice that comes with a girly girl.

Recently she asked for some dress up dolls. We have been steering clear of Barbie for obvious reasons but there are not really many dress up dolls out there. We are looking at American Girl dolls and some other options (yes, I know Target has a cheaper version).

The girls are really good about getting rid of toys they don’t play with and they went through all their toys and we sold them at last weeks DSMOM garage sale. I bought Lela some “dress up dolls” at the sale and we are waiting to see if she actually plays with them. So far she isn’t that interested in them. I just don’t know if we go with American Girl (or the one from Target) if she will actually play with it.