For Christmas I had the idea to paint a dress up trunk for Lexi and Tori and fill it with dress up clothes. Lori has asked the girls, separately and at different times, how they wanted to decorate their room at the new house. Lexi said that she wanted it to be purple with green polka dots, and Tori said that she wanted it to be green with purple polka dots. Lexi’s favorite color is purple, and Tori’s favorite color is green. So I thought it would be cool to paint a trunk with green and purple polka dots, with their names across the top! Jon found a trunk at IKEA which was a good size and fit our budget (a solid wood trunk is very expensive it turns out). And I was able to paint the wood frame and then stencil polka dots and their names on the white inset of the trunk. It was a lot of work but I had a lot of fun doing it!
When the girls come over we often play “brave knights in armor,” where Lexi is a princess, Tori is a brave knight, Eli is a prince, and I am a dragon (which they either fight or they ride depending on their mood). Lexi is super in to princesses and Tori likes them too, but prefers to be a knight. I found some great princess and girly dresses at resale shops, and found some princess "beauty sets" as well. And then at Costco the day before we opened presents I stumbled upon a knight’s dress up costume which was perfect for Tori! So the dress up trunk had princess clothes and a knight’s outfit too!
When they opened the trunk up the girls were excited, and I’m really glad I got the knight’s outfit, because Tori looked at one of the dresses and said, “Princesses wear that, not me.” Then she put on the knight’s costume and looked super-cute. Lexi got all decked out as a princess, complete with tiara, and I was so happy to see them so happy. Lexi came up to me the next day and gave me a big hug and told me thank you for her pretty trunk and pretty clothes. All the hours of work were worth it paid off to see the smile on the girls’ faces and hear that they liked their present!
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