Yep, a beloved American tradition has finally arrived. The first snow day of the school year! While most children romp in pillows of snow, my Princess sobs uncontrollably. "But Mommy, it's movie star day at school!" Yes, my daughter is devastated because it is Red Carpet Day at her preschool, and she is stuck hanging out with her mom. Red Carpet Day is fun. All the little tots dress up in their fanciest attire, walk the red carpet (plastic tablecloth), wave to their adoring fans (teachers), conduct interviews with nosy reporters (teachers again) and have their pictures taken by the surging paparazzi (school directors). But the snow has taken all that joy away from my little girl.
So at 9:30 a.m. when most children are stuffing themselves into inflatable snowsuits and moonboots, Princess is donning her black velvet dress, expertly accessorized with pink jewelry, pink sequin pocketbook and her blue Cinderella headband. Wearing no shoes (because they would only slow her down), she struts her stuff on our makeshift runway proclaiming that she is a movie star and a princess. The paparazzi did show....
along with her adoring fans (aka mom and dad). She laughs in the face of snow day traditions! Who needs sleds and snowballs when you can have photo shoots and ivory bows?
I honestly don't know where she came from. This sports-loving, long-devoted feminist remains stunned at the girly girl way my daughter walks through her life. But she is fabulous! And I am so lucky she is mine.
Happy Snow Day!
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