Carrying her baby Lu in a backback sling
When we found out that our baby was a girl, we naturally assumed that she’d be a tomboy. How could she not be a tomboy? As a kid, I never liked dresses or dolls or girly-things, and to this day I know little-to-nothing about things like hair and makeup and handbags. I was never into the girly stuff, and I did my best to keep the pink and frills to a minimum. Not to mention that from the day she came home from the hospital, Marty has not treated her more like a wrestling buddy than a delicate princess. He tosses her around, rough houses with her and gets her dirty exactly the way he would with a boy. We have done these things on purpose - we have gone out of our way to make sure that we are not treating Ellie any particular way because she's a girl.
Having said this though, we have made a very concerted effort not to steer Ellie’s personality in any particular direction because of our preferences. We’ve gotten her an equal number of baby dolls to trucks and trains, bought clothes equal numbers of pink and blue. But our little girl is her own person. Obviously. Because our little one has turned out to be much more girly-girl than anyone would ever guess coming from her parents. Her favorite things are baby dolls and her Kitty purse (which she insists on taking everywhere with her – whenever she leaves the house, she said “Where’s my purse?!” and finds it and grabs it before leaving). She loves trying on clothes for a “fashion show” (I think she might be the only child on the planet that actually likes doing this) and insists on having her (non-existent) hair brushed every morning. She loves all things pink. It is by far her favorite color.
She's not all girly-girl though - she does have plenty of tomboy qualities. She is extremely coordinated and athletic - even at her age. The child runs faster than any two year old possibly should, can climb up a things with the agility and speed of a monkey, can throw
and catch balls with ease, and gives a mean and accurate dropkick that has us thinking she's destined to be an NFK kicker or a soccer star. In addition, her favorite hobby right now is the stereotypically boy-enjoyment of construction machinery. With all the construction going on in front of our house, we have really capitalized on all of the hours of free entertainment that is right outside our doorstep. Ellie loves to go outside to watch the construction workers, and will sit there and watch until she is literally dragged away. The workers have dubbed her "the foreman" because she is there overseeing things so often.
But she still hates to get her hands dirty.
When we found out that our baby was a girl, we naturally assumed that she’d be a tomboy. How could she not be a tomboy? As a kid, I never liked dresses or dolls or girly-things, and to this day I know little-to-nothing about things like hair and makeup and handbags. I was never into the girly stuff, and I did my best to keep the pink and frills to a minimum. Not to mention that from the day she came home from the hospital, Marty has not treated her more like a wrestling buddy than a delicate princess. He tosses her around, rough houses with her and gets her dirty exactly the way he would with a boy. We have done these things on purpose - we have gone out of our way to make sure that we are not treating Ellie any particular way because she's a girl.
Having said this though, we have made a very concerted effort not to steer Ellie’s personality in any particular direction because of our preferences. We’ve gotten her an equal number of baby dolls to trucks and trains, bought clothes equal numbers of pink and blue. But our little girl is her own person. Obviously. Because our little one has turned out to be much more girly-girl than anyone would ever guess coming from her parents. Her favorite things are baby dolls and her Kitty purse (which she insists on taking everywhere with her – whenever she leaves the house, she said “Where’s my purse?!” and finds it and grabs it before leaving). She loves trying on clothes for a “fashion show” (I think she might be the only child on the planet that actually likes doing this) and insists on having her (non-existent) hair brushed every morning. She loves all things pink. It is by far her favorite color.
She's not all girly-girl though - she does have plenty of tomboy qualities. She is extremely coordinated and athletic - even at her age. The child runs faster than any two year old possibly should, can climb up a things with the agility and speed of a monkey, can throw and catch balls with ease, and gives a mean and accurate dropkick that has us thinking she's destined to be an NFK kicker or a soccer star. In addition, her favorite hobby right now is the stereotypically boy-enjoyment of construction machinery. With all the construction going on in front of our house, we have really capitalized on all of the hours of free entertainment that is right outside our doorstep. Ellie loves to go outside to watch the construction workers, and will sit there and watch until she is literally dragged away. The workers have dubbed her "the foreman" because she is there overseeing things so often.
But she still hates to get her hands dirty.
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