{princesses}

I try not to use the "p" word around the girls.  I don't like it.  I don't like its connotations, its air of entitlement, the way it portrays women.  And, almost on principle alone, I almost didn't take the girls to a "Pirates and Princesses Tea Party" play date that our moms of multiples club held on Saturday.  But it was raining, and we needed to get out of the house.

The girls are still pretty clingy in large group situations like that.  We walked in the door and they just kind of froze, and wouldn't let me out of their sights.  It took a little while for them to warm up enough to put on the costumes.  And I'm not-so-secretly happy that they looked somewhat uncomfortable in them.

Did you know it was possible to look this miserable in a princess outfit?

As much as I hate princesses, I did get a couple of cute pictures.

Crowded around the mirror

Their favorite part of the whole thing were these little magic wands that they got.  Of course, they don't know that they're magic wands.  They just call them "stars."

Someone offered to get a picture of us right before we left.  It's not very often that I get a picture with my ladies.  And you can see their excitement level with the whole thing hasn't really changed.  In their defense, I had promised them a special surprise treat, and apparently this did not meet their expectations.  

They are some pretty tough critics.