Doing Girl Stuff with Dad

Steve and Ainsley left after school to go out into the wilderness with their fellow Adventure Princesses. Ainsley is Princess Dandelion, and Steve is Hopping Monkey, or something like that. They waited until the last minute to decide their names, and I can't recall exactly what Steve went with. Whatever it was, it suits him.

Ainsley didn't begin to get excited about this trip until a couple of days ago. In fact, she said adamantly that she was not going. She thought the other girls would laugh at her. About what, she couldn't say, but she didn't want to be laughed at. She finally came around when I bought her a pink camo sleeping bag. Then she got her camp out t-shirt with a matching one for her dad. That really made things gel for her.

Finally, Ainsley and I spent considerable time yesterday making special beaded necklaces for her to trade with the other tribes that will be on the camp out. At first she wanted to make name tags to attach to each of them. I was able to convince her that we couldn't really do that because we didn't know the names of the new friends she would meet there. Eventually, she settled in to making the necklaces and even made one for the dog, who has been wearing this special adornment ever since it was placed lovingly around her neck.

This girl is such a trip!