my little princess
March 2, 2011
On Sunday afternoon, having finally kicked the flu and coughs, we went outside to celebrate daffodils and light jackets.
While Don did a little yard work, Jack asked me to help him take over a small make-believe kingdom in the woods.
“You be the king,” he said. “I’ll be the princess.”
And I took up my pinecone sceptre, happy to be playing in Jack’s world, where boys and girls and titles are all different things, and a king or a princess is just another important job, “like a nurse or a teacher or an astronaut or Judy at Home Depot.”
Visit Amber at Making the Moments Count to read about proud moments in non-judgmental parenting.
P.S. Speaking of non-judgmental parenting – after a rinse-and-dry, I’m rocking the pee shoes today. Word, Jana!
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Five to Nine 
I love it! 🙂
Love it! I too am grateful when child welcomes me into her world of make believe.
Nice!
Oh that we could all raise up a world where titles aren’t boxes, and no one feels trapped, and everyone, everyone has permission to wear a tiara.
What a marvelous picture! I think he makes a great princess. : )
Love this Leslie. He looks adorable.
Good for you! His imagination probably grew by leaps and bounds that day, and every day that his parents encourage his free play and role experimentation.
He looks quite Bieber-ish in that photo, and I mean that in a good way. Absolutely adorable!! And I’m all for rocking the pees shoes. Good times.
My kind of world!
Such precious moments. (Just another job indeed. May we all have playful scepters and imagination!)