I've been struggling to find cool female superheroes for S. The struggle starts with Halloween. S is not really that into princesses (thank goodness) though she likes pink, fairy costumes and dresses. But somehow she's not that taken with the entire princesses thing and we don't have any princess dolls, dvds or any other such stuff for her. The only princess costume we have is of Belle, which was given by her close friend's mom before they moved out of Zurich last year. So this year, we asked her what she wanted to be for Halloween and she very excitedly said pirate- her inspiration being Captain Gutt in Ice Age 4. So when we were in Legoland we picked up a cool pirate sword, eye patch, hat and shield for her and she was very excited.
Then the countdown to Halloween began and all the girls in her class said they would going to be princesses. One was Snow white, the other was Belle and so on. When i asked S to put on the pirate costume on the day of the Halloween celebration at school she looked very downcast and sad. So I allowed her to wear her fairy dress but made her promise that for the Halloween party at school on the following Saturday she would wear her pirate costume. I didn't want her to think that she can make us buy stuff and then get away with not using it because she changed her mind.
This led to a big disagreement with the hubby. He felt I should have forced her to go as a pirate and that she would have learned individuality and how she can be cool on her own terms. I felt that it was too early for these life's lessons and if she wanted to be the same as her friends that was fine. What do you think?
Anyway the dilemma continues. Her friend is having a birthday party with the theme -Princesses and Superheroes. I am really not that keen on S going as a princess. What does being a princess entail- you sit and look pretty and wait for a prince to come and rescue you and marry you? That you don't do any of the cool interesting stuff yourself? But I'm struggling to find any cool female superheroes I can tempt S with. I can think of the princess in Brave but she doesn't really have a costume like Spiderman, or Captain America, except for the long curly red hair. Maybe i should just put a wig for S :)
Or even the Black Widow in Avengers. Do you think I can dress S in tight leather pants and teach her to pout like S Johansson?
I like Dora for not being too princessy and girly. She is an Explorer - she wears shorts and a T shirt and is more concerned with exploring and having adventures than looking pretty. But unfortunately she is not a superhero. We really need more women superheroes- any suggestions anyone?
Then the countdown to Halloween began and all the girls in her class said they would going to be princesses. One was Snow white, the other was Belle and so on. When i asked S to put on the pirate costume on the day of the Halloween celebration at school she looked very downcast and sad. So I allowed her to wear her fairy dress but made her promise that for the Halloween party at school on the following Saturday she would wear her pirate costume. I didn't want her to think that she can make us buy stuff and then get away with not using it because she changed her mind.
This led to a big disagreement with the hubby. He felt I should have forced her to go as a pirate and that she would have learned individuality and how she can be cool on her own terms. I felt that it was too early for these life's lessons and if she wanted to be the same as her friends that was fine. What do you think?
Anyway the dilemma continues. Her friend is having a birthday party with the theme -Princesses and Superheroes. I am really not that keen on S going as a princess. What does being a princess entail- you sit and look pretty and wait for a prince to come and rescue you and marry you? That you don't do any of the cool interesting stuff yourself? But I'm struggling to find any cool female superheroes I can tempt S with. I can think of the princess in Brave but she doesn't really have a costume like Spiderman, or Captain America, except for the long curly red hair. Maybe i should just put a wig for S :)
Or even the Black Widow in Avengers. Do you think I can dress S in tight leather pants and teach her to pout like S Johansson?
I like Dora for not being too princessy and girly. She is an Explorer - she wears shorts and a T shirt and is more concerned with exploring and having adventures than looking pretty. But unfortunately she is not a superhero. We really need more women superheroes- any suggestions anyone?
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