Some time ago, I got her a pair of sunglasses. They were too big for her little head, and the lenses weren’t dark enough for the bright summer sun. Eventually I found another pair that fit her better and had darker lenses, and the big ones went into the sunglasses basket I keep by the door. A few weeks ago however, while exploring the shelf by the door that holds the mittens basket as well as the sunglasses basket, she found the pair of too-large glasses. “Oooooh!” she cried, while putting them on. They were still a bit too large, the temple folded her ears over in a way that looks uncomfortable. But she wears those glasses for hours at a time. She runs and plays wearing them. She puts on mini-concerts singing along with the kid shows on TV, wearing her glasses like a rock star. She literally sees the world through rose-colored lenses now. Often when she’s not looking through them, she shoves them to the top of her head like a tourist on vacation.
She’s a rough and tumble little girl, always running and skipping, bouncing along because plain walking would never do. She has places to go! Things to do! People to see! She loves to have her nails painted, and sometimes she wears the little princess crown I got her. But, she adores her big brother and anything he likes has a guaranteed coolness factor built in. Dolls? Oh sure. Mommy got her a Barbie last year, and it sits collecting dust in her toy bin. Big brother’s Venom and Spiderman are the winners. Clothes? Brother’s hand-me-down Spiderman jammies of course. Mommy picked up “The Little Mermaid.” Favorite movie? Spiderman 3. Ask her name and she’ll tell you “Walden,” her favorite character on Wow Wow Wubbzy. Predictably, Walden is a boy. At least she picked the smart one, right? Daddy couldn’t resist getting her the pink satin-covered foam princess chair. She uses it for football tackle practice.
I will – and I mean that – get her the Sleeping Beauty costume at some point in her childhood. And the sparkly play shoes and jewelry that go with it – to match the crown naturally. I will continue to paint her nails. (Thank the Lord for speed-dry polish!) When her hair grows out I will curl it, put it in little pony tails and barrettes. I will do everything in my power to encourage the girly girl living inside her to come out. In the meantime, she’s got this awesome big brother and the sun rises and sets on him. She cries if he gets in trouble! I’m glad she adores him, I really am. How could she not? She’s looking at him through those girly rose colored glasses. 
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