I'm a big believer in the magic of Christmas. I think that kids should go downstairs to see presents wrapped under the tree, and I think that at least one of them should be something that they "oh please oh please oh please" asked Santa for, even if it's of questionable value.
But I am not buying princess shoes this Christmas.
M insists that she wants princess shoes and a bride dress (among other things) and I am not doing it. She is getting some lovely creative play dress-up things that can become anything she wants. She is getting a lavender princess dress with matching hat. But I am drawing the line at the shoes, and I have to admit that I feel kind of bad about it. The girl loves shoes. She already has two pairs of princess shoes, and I can't, in good conscience, buy her more.
So I guess I'm just hoping, even though I'm convinced that I'm doing the right thing by not buying her any more of the plastic-y, foot-pinching, made in Japan craziness, that she still finds Christmas to be magical. And I keep reminding myself that you can't always get what you want, but sometimes, you get what you need.
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...And K is not getting a Bratz doll. Not because she already has two, but because I'm opposed to the Bratz. I'm only minimally ok with Barbie, but I draw the line at Bratz, so K's daddy and I are in alignment on this--No Bratz, but yes, totally YES to some Christmas Magic and presents under the tree! M is a princess...shoes or not...a little fairy princess, and I expect that the lessons she's learning from you will instill in her some good, good stuff. Rock on, Mama B!
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