The Embrace of Everything Girly

I have a confession, I bought a Cinderella/Barbie type doll for Sage yesterday with no prompting at all on her part in an effort to steer her away (just a bit) from bugs. I was sharing with my mom yesterday morning about the little apple picking adventure I took the girls on and how Sage had spent most of the time digging worms out of the most rotten apples and examining them as they crawled around her fingers. GROSS! At least that was my thought but of course I love her curiosity so I have to be all "Isn't that fascinating Sage? A slimy, squishy worm that seems to love slithering all over you!" And then yesterday, while I was trimming the bushes that had taken on jungle size proportions, she was in the midst of it looking for bugs and eventually pretending that the fuzzy ends of weeds were caterpillars. So I have decided that it would be in my own selfish, I-don't-want-to-be-grossed-out interest to introduce her to a new world of fun. And what is more fun than a Cinderella doll complete with sparkles, a skirt you can take off and even a crown? Even better, this is a bath time Cinderella with a little watering can and a Gus mouse that squirts water out of the little soap bar he's holding. Let me tell you, once I saw that Sage could play in the water with this doll, I knew I had a winner and a reprieve from catching grasshoppers.

So far my master plan is working and all last evening and this morning Cinderella has had a break from all her chores and has been in sheer luxury at the Sage Spa Resort. Best of all, there was not a worm in sight.