When you grow up

Naomi was watching a Dora video about jobs you can have when you grow up. They showed things like Firefighter, Police Officer, Umpire (or Ref?), Explorers, Clowns, Musicians.

You know, all those things people REALLY grow up to be...  

I suppose some people do. It was a good idea, so I decided to see if any of it was sticking with Naomi.

I asked her "What are you going to be when you grow up?"

She said "I'm going to be a Princess!"

I said "Oh really? What does a princess do?"

She said "She has a long, long dress, and sparkles and is pretty!"

I asked "Does a princess help anybody?"

She said "No, she doesn't"

I asked "What does she do?"

She said " she wears a long sparkly dress and a princess crown and a wand!"

I think we have a problem.

BUT on the flip side, I took the kids to the National Building Museum on Thursday and we played in the Building Zone. It was fantastic. Lots of room to run and be crazy. My good friend Cassie came with her kids and Naomi and Abby played like boys:) Kind of. They dressed up in the firefighter, construction worker, police officer gear and kept it on the whole time. They played with the building blocks, big soft Legos, magnet sticks, cars etc. It was a very un-princessy day. 

In all, I allow and even encourage on occasion the princess play. She loves it. She begged for dress up shoes and wands and crowns and now that she has them they are played with every day. Often I get to be a princess too. Last night Zach was bestowed the honor of being her Prince. James sometimes gets to wear don a crown and wave a wand too. He actually loves the wands, look at this picture:

It's fun to feel special and pretty and "princessy" I admit it. I like to get dressed up and feel like I'm someone important. I guess that part of it never goes away.

For Naomi's birthday I'm planning on making a cake. Last year I made a Nemo-resembling picture on her cake, for her Nemo themed birthday. She loved it.

 

I asked what she wanted this year. 

You guessed it. 

Princess.

I'm not sure exactly how to do it.

I have aspirations of something awesome, like this,

(Yeah, that's actually a cake, Hogwarts Castle)

or this

 

or this

Kidding, but that would be awesome, right?

It will really look more like the Nemo cake.

(Charm City Cakes (as seen on food network, it's located near me:) has the most awesome cakes I've ever seen. Take a look. http://www.charmcitycakes.com/)

It would be fun to have a cake like this though

I might be able to pull something decent off, maybe.

I would love some tips on how to make a great cake. I am most definitely a novice.

I guess I'm encouraging the Princess stuff again:)

As an after thought last night she informed me that she wants a Princess Monster cake. 

I think she might be disappointed....

I think I would rather she grow up a princess than monster.