Play Date

The first thing they do is haul out all the dress-up clothes and pick out the perfect ensemble for the occasion- crown/tiara, perhaps a wig, jewels, gown, gloves, high heeled shoes that make a loud click-clack sound when you walk and are hazardously slippery when worn going down stairs, resulting in tears, sore bottoms and sometimes scraped backs.

(An aside-

Me: DON'T WALK DOWN THE STAIRS IN YOUR DRESS-UP SHOES!! TAKE THEM OFF AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, CARRY THEM DOWN AND THEN PUT THEM BACK ON WHEN YOU REACH THE BOTTOM!!

Them: OK!

Followed by an inevitable loud click-clack sound coming down the stairs.

ME: I TOLD YOU TO TAKE THOSE SHOES OFF!! YOU GOING TRIP ON YOUR GOWNS AND  KILL YOURSELVES!!!

Them: WE'RE GOING REALLY SLOW AND HOLDING ON!!

Followed by an inevitable crash, sobs, and application of bandaids….)

Anyway, once they get downstairs (and have stopped crying), and I have supplied the appropriate background music, they sit on the floor and have a conversation that goes something like this:

Let's pretend we're princesses who are sisters and we're going to a ball and I meet the Prince first and he wants to marry me.

Ok.  And then let's pretend that I get really mad at you because I wanted to marry the Prince.

Ok. And then let's pretend that you yell at me and say it's no fair because you wanted to marry him too, but I say too bad, I met him first.

Ok. And then let's pretend that I find out that the Prince was bad, so I kill him.

Ok. And then let's pretend that I get really mad at you because you killed my husband.

Ok. And then let's pretend that I told you he was bad and then you say Thank-you for saving me from the Bad Prince, and then we hug.

Ok. And then let's pretend that the Prince was just pretending to be dead and he comes back alive and I marry him and he turns nice.

Ok.  Want to go outside and play?

Ok. MIMI? CAN WE OUTSIDE AND JUMP ON THE TRAMPOLINE?!!

OK! BUT MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THOSE DRESS-UP SHOES OFF!!