Somewhat disturbingly, Mary kept referring to the money she was going to spend at the store as her "tithing." Don't you love it when you try to teach your kids something and they learn the exact opposite? Since when are God's true church and Target the same thing? (Don't answer that.) Mary couldn't wait to spend her "tithing" on a Disney princess. Sigh. I suppose in a way her dollars were a tithe to the gods of suburban materialism and commercialism (and Target is their temple, right?).
David happily chose two items from the Lego aisle. And Mary proudly brought home her new Ariel doll. While David and Daddy were doing Lego assembly, guess what I got to do.
Play princesses with Mary.
Yippee. My favorite thing. (I assume you're sensing my sarcasm.)
Ariel joined the ranks of Mary's princess dolls, and Mary demanded that we begin "playing princesses." Since apparently all princesses do is sit on chairs waiting to be rescued, I wasn't quite sure what would happen. So I followed Mary's lead. Fortunately, these princesses go to Lego club, build houses, dig for dinosaur bones, teach children how to make necklaces, and check out books from the library.
We are happy to open our home to such industrious princesses.
