During one of our summer excursions, three of my nieces called me aside to ask a probing (and top-secret) question: "are you a tomboy or a girly-girl?" I immediately thought of my lack of athletic ability, my whimpy approach to manual labor, and my dislike of getting dirty and said, "girly girl"--but then I thought about the stereotypical girly-girl who loves to shop, fuss with her hair and make-up, and go crazy over boys and realized that didn't fit either. So I guess I'm neither. . . . and--in this regard--Janae seems to be a lot like her mama!
Janae is kind of a tomboy in the sense that she loves to play with all Ben's stuff--cars, trains, trucks, motorcycles, etc. While we were driving the other day, I was singing some kids' songs, and Janae was listening quietly--then Ben suggested I sing the theme song for "Mighty Machines" (I'm sure you're all wishing you could have been there to hear that!), and Janae started saying "sheeeens! sheeeens!" then sang along :) Janae also loves to get dirty, scare people with toy snakes, and to climb, run, shout, and generally be wild. She hates having her hair done and isn't too enthusiastic about cooking (Ben always loved to help me cook!).
On the other hand, Janae also LOVES trying on shoes, talking on the phone, wearing dresses (and scarves, hats--all the dress-up stuff), pretending to put on make-up, looking at pictures (especially of birthdays), cuddling with stuffies, and being around her girl cousins (she mentions Manda and Becca by name every day). She also shows strong potential for being boy crazy someday: the other day at the park there was a group of boys running around the track before a soccer practice, and Janae pointed to them with great interest. I said, "Those are boys," then Janae--in a very mock-shy almost flirtatious way--said "Boyyyyyyys." She then ran over and grabbed their soccer ball saying (in a very high-pitched voice), "Ball . . . a ball . . . a ball . . . ball" (This, by the way, is what she says whenever she sees kids playing with balls--Janae definitely has a natural interest in sports!).
So . . . tomboy or girly-girl? I guess time will tell for Janae, although if I had to answer today, I’d have to say tomboy—which is probably for the best, because I’m sure it’s a lot more fun to be a messy, adventurous toddler!
3 comments:
Sometimes I think she is more girly-girl but that is just daddy talking!
I guess right now Janae probably goes the way of whomever she is playing with. Cars and trains with Ben and dolls, dressing up and other things like that with her girl cousins--I'm sure one day she will dicide what she likes best, or maybe it will be a combination of many things!!
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a tomboy. I was a real tomboy when I was little. I hated playing with dolls and played baseball, tackle football, cowboys and Indians (is that politically correct???)etc. Shannon was also a tomboy, so I guess that it runs in both families. Lucky girl.
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