When I found out that I was going to have a little girl, I was so excited! Not that I wanted to dress her in pink every day, but maybe every other day. Pink and brown were my colors of choice for the first year of her life!
In recent months, Josie has started to have her own interests, none of which are princesses, fairies or ballerinas! My girl loves animals, Sesame Street and lawn mowers. I was a tomboy growing up as the only girl in the Baxter family. I can remember playing Star Wars and Planet of the Apes like it was yesterday. I can't say I remember ever wearing a tutu or waving a magic fairy wand, so I guess I really shouldn't be surprised the the apple didn't fall far from the tree in this area!
What has stumped me is Josie's love of Count Von Count from Sesame Street. She adores this odd purple vampire and walks around each day saying "Ahh, Ahh, Ahh!" She gets so excited when she sees him on tv or in books, even kissing him and trying to sit on the book to be near the Count. I've fed into this obsession by giving her a stuffed Count doll, a Count driving in his purple car, several Sesame Videos and well, you get the picture. If the Count is on it, we probably own it. Josie will even be getting Count Von Count sneakers at her upcoming birthday party. Yep, you guessed it we are having a Count inspired birthday party! I guess it suits since her birthday is Halloween!
I really struggled with deciding on her birthday party theme because I wanted it to be cute and girly! I was hoping she would change her mind and all of the sudden like Zoe, Abby or Rosita from Sesame Street, but Josie is sticking with the Count! As a dear friend told me, it's Josie's birthday, not mine and I should stick to doing what Josie likes. I can only hope in the next few years she will tell me she wants a princess or fairy party. If not, we are blessed to be having two sweet little cousins coming into the world, Faith and Elliana! Rest assured there will be plenty of tea parties and princess sleepovers in our future! Until then, I have an owl Halloween costume to make and some creepy bat shaped party favor ideas flittering through my mind. And honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way! Ahh, Ahh, Ahh!
