A Princess Book for REAL Girls

My 4 year old loves to read princess books.  Her current favorite goes something like "A Princess is smart...she reads lots of books.   A princess is kind...she cares for animals.   A princess is brave...she stands up to the evil queen."

My daughter says she is a princess, too.  She is brave and smart and kind...most of the time.  But she is also a Dirty Girl, so I wrote a more realistic book for her:    

A princess is smart...She can reach the cookies with a stool.

A princess is polite ... She says excuse me after farting at the table.

A princess is fair ... If she can't have the pink marker, no one can.

A princess is neat ...She eats her boogers after picking her nose.

A princess likes to dress up ...She wears her fanciest dress for digging up worms.

A princess is brave...She asks Daddy for Play Doh after Mommy has already said no. 

A princess says please...She screams PLEASE GIVE ME MORE CANDY NOW!

A princess shares...She gives her sister the lollipop she just dropped in the dirt.

And a princess always makes her Mommy laugh.

MORE CANDY NOW!

Sure, princess culture might have made pink and purple her favorite colors, but she is still her own girl.  And I wouldn't have it any other way.  (Except the booger eating; I need to work on that.)