You can lead a horse to water...

As a mother of girls, I try to instill a sense of empowerment in my daughters. I want them to know that they're smart, capable, and strong. While it's true Sayde has boxes filled with pink tu-tus and princess crowns, she always claims to be a "Warrior Princess" like Mulan. Or, Zena if you want to be a jerk about it.





In our house, we don't really encourage Barbie Dolls. While better than the loathely Bratz, they are still kind of stupid. As a kid, I spent hours and hours just setting up the furniture in the Barbie mansion. Sure sure, it's imaginative play, but what was I imagining? Whether the plastic couch would look better over here, or over there? What ball gown should Barbie wear today? It's not exactly akin to dreaming up the law of gravity. I'm hoping my girls will spend their imaginations creating art, playing outside, and most importantly: reading. To encourage the reading, Lennie takes them to the library almost every weekend. They love it. In fact, Sayde loves it so much, she picked out 7 books this time. Here they are:









Awesome.