Princess Party

Last Friday night, we had a special treat- a girls’ night party fit for a princess! The Paul Mitchell School was having a night for little princesses to benefit local charities, and the girls could get their hair and nails done, make a bracelet and crown, and walk the runway. My little princess was super excited to meet her friends for dinner (including Emsley who was back in town for the occasion!!!) and dress up in her Tinker Bell dress, but she refused the hair do. She also refused the manicure for most of the night and was content to dance and chase pink and purple balloons around, but after all her friends got their nails done, she finally got brave and asked to do it too. She was thrilled with the result and showed it off to her friends, but then she messed up a few while making a crown. We got them fixed, and then she had a panic attack to take the polish off. I refused to ask the poor girl who had now done her nails twice to remove the polish, so she had a meltdown and then another one when she realized her friends had left during her ‘episode.’ It was obviously too close to her bedtime, so we made a bracelet and headed for the car. As we got in the car, there was a HG meltdown because she was worried that her nails might get messed up again and there was also a mama meltdown because it was dark, rainy, and not a great area of town to be standing in the parking lot with a screaming child. Whew! The princess and her crazy mama finally made it home to show her nails off to her daddy. She has talked about the fun she and her friends had at the princess party for days!

On a side note, the nail tech chose a bright neon green polish to match her Tinker Bell dress. I was just opening my mouth to suggest a light pink when she happily showed HG the green color and how it matched her dress. It was over at that point, so I just smiled and nodded. The next night at church, Grandma’s friend was commenting on how much she liked her nails, and I made some sarcastic remark about how the color glowed in the dark and HG should have no problem finding the bathroom in the middle of the night. Well, I should know by now that the child hears and takes in everything. When HG and I walked out into the dark garage on Monday morning, she said, “Wait, Mama! Let me be the line leader and show the way with my glow in the dark nails!” And proceeded to hold her hands out in front of us all the way to the car door. ;)

HG, Caroline, Libby, Emsley, Camille Pretty pretty princess Posing for Mrs. Doty The calm before the storm So excited to show Caroline