Friday 3 June 2022

My Afternoon With Royalty

 After a couple of hours, Rosie and I left the Village Hall - we'd run out of things to keep her amused*. And the Frozen Yogurt Van had not turned up either [I had promised an ice cream] We went into town and bought ices, then came back to Cornerstones. I suggested we pretended to be princesses.

We had a wonderful couple of hours role-playing. In my box in the loft were a chinese dress, part dresses and bridesmaid dresses, and my box of wigs. I put some necklaces in a basket, and got our my 'fascinators and corsages' case. Rosie absolutely went to town...

She particularly liked the blonde wig, pearls, and green dress, declaring "I am a Scottish Princess". Maybe if she grew her own gorgeous red hair to her waist, she could be Disney's fiery feminist Brave Princess Merida of Dunbroch

Yes I joined in - but only by putting on the red wig [Rosie really didn't like that wig, and thought it made her look like a clown] I am really glad I didn't declutter my little box of dressing up clothes.
As Pip in Great Expectations said "What larks!"

*Rosie enjoyed the craft area, and decorated a Jubilee Lantern, which her Mum helped her light later in the evening. 






15 comments:

  1. Dressing up! That brings back memories of old bridesmaids dresses, wonderful accessories saved by my mother, and foraging in Grandma's wardrobe for a fur 'tippet'!

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    1. No furs for my animal loving granddaughter ! I'd get a lecture on extinction

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  2. So much fun!!! I'd have loved that as a child! We loved dressing up!

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  3. Dressing up boxes are great! Such a simple thing and yet so much fun! You are such wonderful grandparents, the little ones will always remember the things you did with them

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    1. I hope they will, It is so much easier now to take photos too

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  4. Making happy memories and fanning the fires of a good imagination set children up ofr a happier life then they might have otherwise.

    Hugs!

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  5. Great that you kept all those things and didn't succumb too much to the decluttering craze. Sometimes "stuff" is really important. Rosie looks so sweet in all her outfits.

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    1. l've just kept a small plastic crate of dressing up stuff, which has proved useful for school plays etc.

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  6. Rosie looks adorable in the dressing up clothes. Brings back happy memories. Lovely cheap fun.

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    1. As you say, an inexpensive treat. I must dig out some photos of her Mum and Auntie in those green bridesmaid dresses (at my brother's wedding 30 years ago!)

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  7. That looks like so much fun. I love the lantern as well.

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