Batgirl

(***Sorry it has been so long. Part of the reason is that Brian has been intending to post on our New York trip and I have used that as an excuse to not post. Second, I am so darn busy. Adding working into my life has made me feel so busy)

It's February, and as usual nothing entertaining is going on in our lives in February. It seems like the first three months of the year are the least interesting of all. I thought I would post about my sweet, grown-up girl. Ever since we found out we were having a girl, Brian insisted that she would be a tomboy. She would play all sports and run around and get dirty and golf every chance she got with her dad. Well. . . that isn't really how it has worked out. Meggie is all girl. She loves Barbies and gets bored after just a few throws of a ball. She loves to dress up and hates to be dirty. She likes to go golfing but just to ride in the cart and spend time with her prince and future husband, her dad. She is starting to be interested in how princes and princesses fall "in love". She loves to go shopping with me and wants to go in the dressing room and give her opinions on everything I try on. I have much to look forward to in the future with her.

On a more, slightly disturbing note. . . she loves boys. At parent teacher conference for preschool, they told me that she only plays with the boys and they never see her with the girls. We were trying to do Valentines for her class and she didn't even know most of the girls' names. Ever since the first day of school she has attached to a boy named Elijah. We went through a rough patch where Elijah wanted to also be friends with another boy named Benjamin and Benjamin didn't want to play with any girls. Meg felt a little betrayed, but then Benjamin decided that Meg was cool enough to be allowed. Now EVERYDAY at recess there is some game of capture/chase that some of the kids play. Meg, Elijah and Benjamin try to capture all the other kids and Meg apparently is named Batgirl. Yes, my little Batgirl. I love to hear her stories everyday. Thankfully, they set up a new play area in her classroom that is a salon. The girls can play hair, dressup and paint fingernails during free time. That has pulled Meg over to the girls a little more, but I know her preference at school is to play with the boys. When I picked Meg up from school today, Elijah's mom stopped me and told me that Elijah told her last night that he loved a girl in his class. When she asked him who, he said Meg. I didn't pass this information on to Meg for fear of what she would think. Too late, Meg informed me that she has decided that she is going to marry Elijah as long as she can take her bird when she goes to live with him. Yikes! I really hope this is just a stage and that boys will soon develop coodies. I am so thankful that my little Meg is ALL GIRL!