A few weeks ago, we found ourselves at a mall. We walked around a little, and I stopped into Hot Topic. Yes, I still love that store. They sell some really good brightly colored hair dye and I was thinking of going pink. I also like to look at their clearance shirts.
They had a few youth shirts and I was holding them up, asking Rhayn if she liked any of them. She looked horrified at me, and said "no." Fine. I bought a couple of shirts for myself (including a shirt with Spock on it that says "LIVE LONG AND PROSPER" which I am wearing right now.) I did buy her a Star Wars shirt, though. I knew she would like it.
Later on, she told me that she was trying to be cool, because it was a cool store. I laughed, and told her that was silly. But at the same time, I keep thinking, is this it? Is this the beginning of my daughter being "too cool for her mama"? I am not ready. She is only 8 for goodness sake! I am supposed to have a few more years of loving devoted child before she turns into the demonic teenager.
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I just had a dream about trying to find blue-green hair dye. It was odd.
Then you have my son, who just had me order red-bordering-towards-pink Keen sandals for him. (The color is called "beet red" but they look like a cross between red and hot pink; the truly red ones have some other name). I warned him that they look rather pink and that people will most likely tell him they are for girls. He said he doesn't care, and that in kindergarten he used to run around saying "I love purple and pink". I deeply admire his ability and willingness to stand up for what he likes, regardless of what other people think (and wish I was more like that). However I hope he doesn't end up getting beat up because of it. He *is* a boy, after all.
Gwennie has those Keens- the Beet colored ones. We love them, and I think your boy will totally be able to pull them off.
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