My Very Own Punky Brewster

We have friends who have girly girls. We have friends who have tom boys. We fall in the middle of that spectrum. Abby is stuck someplace in the middle, wanting to be have painted nails occassional pretty things, but also can't resist a mud puddle or anything gross. She never thinks twice about picking up a bug or lizard and then letting it crawl on her head once she does catch one.

Today I had some errands to run when Tom got home, so I decided to just bring Abby along with me. Of our four kids, I think she is most often the one who is under my skin for one thing or another. She has a great sense of humor and has this amazing inability to focus on anything. She gets insanely jealous of Millie and so totally bugged by the boys, who get insanely bugged by her because she can generally out do them in most areas of whatever they are competing over at the moment!

So, we went to Target and she was walking into the store in front of me and I stepped back and realized how cute she is, but also to most people how goofy she must have looked! She took a shower this morning and pridefully got totally dressed by herself. Then, a HUGE accomplishment for Abby, she was still in the same clothes when tom got home and I was ready to leave the house at 3pm! Normally she has gotten them dirty in some way or has peed her pants or God knows what, but she changes her clothes atleast 3 times a day as a necessity. In the process of getting herself dressed today, she decided that she wanted two different socks so she took two pairs and then took one sock from each pair. Along with her bright flower capris, striped pink tank and her hair flopping out of her hair clip, it all colorfully just said "Abby!"

Before I had kids I am sure I would have judged the parent walking around the store in such an outfit. Now that God has entrusted me with Abigail Louise, I have a deeper appreciation for kids who have such a great sense of fashion and the lack of concern for what others might think and will wear their fabulous outfits with great pride and nonchalance. You go Girl!