More of Hallie the Princess

Today she asks me "Can you help me, show me how to be a princess."  (i.e. she wanted help putting on her princess attire.) 

After putting her dress, slip, AND another skirt she says, "I need it bigger." Um... pretty sure this girl needs 2 full pettiskirts to get the poof she thinks is appropriate to be considered, "Princess Hallie."  (I see another project being added to my list.) :)

A few minutes later she comes into the room with the coloring tote and says, "Mom, can you open this? Princess Hallie is really sad!"

Everything you need to know to be a princess- according to Hallie

Hallie is everything princess lately.  From the moment she wakes up til the moment she goes to bed she wants to wear her princess dress dresses. And if she had her choice she wouldn't stop wearing them at bedtime. 

So down to business.

Everything you need to know to be a princess- according to Hallie...

• You must dance and twirl, but only in a very specific way and mom don't even try because you don't do it right- even if you do it exactly the same as me.
• You must have a prince and my prince must be Micah.  "Micah, will you be my prince." To which he always refuses.
• Your dress must touch the floor to be a true princess dress- and to keep your feet warm.
• You must dress in layers- many, many layers.  In fact the more the better- every item of princess attire you own- the best.
• Princesses can run and ride bikes, but if your not sure make sure to ask your mom every time if princesses do either of these activities before proceeding. 
• Your dad can be your prince, even if mom says he's taken.

So go get on with your princess self! :)

Micah's Upgrade

Before you think it's a big upgrade, it's not.  It may be a big upgrade in his eyes, but we still need to do some serious upgrading!

We moved him out of his pack and play right after we moved back to Washington and since we didn't have a bed for him we set his crib mattress on the floor to give us me time to decide what type of bed to get for him. (Bunk, toddler, twin, double- still haven't decided!) Well he refused to sleep on the mattress and would always sleep on the floor with his camo sleeping bag.  We tried and tried to get him to sleep on the mattress but he wouldn't!  So eventually we got him to sleep on the mattress, but he would always end up on the floor during the night! So around Christmas we put him on an air mattress to help him stay on a bed and sleep better.  He loves it and especially loved the addition of one of his Christmas presents...