tomboy vs. girly-girl

cassidy turned 6 on june 1st, so this weekend we took her to lunch and then to the mall. on the way to the mall, we had a conversation about tomboys vs. girly-girls. cassidy is a self proclaimed tomboy and identified candace as a girly-girl. when i asked her what a tomboy was, she told me "a tough girl".

i used to think maddy would be a tomboy because she is so rambunctious and all.over.the.place. but as she gets older and her personality becomes more defined, she is most definitely a girly-girl. she loves to carry purses and get her nails painted and wear dresses. oh boy, does she love to wear dresses.

over the last 3 weeks or so, it has become a daily battle. not only does she have to wear a dress, she has to pick it out herself. and sometimes that could take 3-4 tries before she's picked the perfect one. she gets upset if she's not wearing a dress because she loves to dance. if i succeed in putting something on her besides a dress, she will attempt to twirl then complain that she can't dance because she is not wearing a dress. once she gets a dress on, the first thing she will do is run to our room and look at herself in the mirror, usually twirling the whole time. then, she has to show dad and ask "you like my pretty dress?"

not sure who she gets the vanity gene from, because it sure isn't me!