My little fairies

With the weather so hot today, Wren & Mr Bump played dress-ups.

There was only one tiara to go around, but I came up with the suggestion that one fairy could wear beautiful hairclips in her hair, and Mr Bump shouted “me! me!”

Wren was delighted to play hairdresser for her brother, the fairy princess.

Do You Get Dressed Up To Go Out?

Mr Bump loves dressing up.

I couldn’t bear to make him take that gorgeous ballgown off just because we had to pick up Wren from school.

Note the spaghetti sauce on the sleeve and hem.

Actually, it’s an old nightie that belonged to my mother.

Although by the time I was playing dressups, it was my gorgeous ballgown.

I felt like Cinderella in it, and can remember dancing on top of my parent’s dressing table (because of the mirror), singing into a hairbrush.

And that was only last year…

You know your family’s seen Shrek too many times when…

Watching Shrek last night for the umpteenth time, I realised that our family has gone way beyond the event horizon for Shrek-isms. There is probably no escape for us, but it may not too late for your household.

To that end, I’ve put together some of the warning signs that we first noticed, in the hope that others will learn from our sad plight…

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