Since she was six months old, the child has not left our house without a hair bow. I'm very strict with this policy. I cannot stand for little girls (or boys for that matter) to have hair in their sweet faces. Not to mention, she feels better when all of that wild hair is not in her eyes. Recently, my giant hair bow obsession was brought to my attention. Having a child in kindergarten has introduced us to many new and interesting people. Her Highness met a sweet little boy at school, whose Mom seemed pretty normal (not something to take lightly) so we scheduled a play date. While hanging out in their backyard she says to me, "Tim has really enjoyed getting to know her this year. At first he came home and said, 'Mom, there's this girl I like in my class. But, she's a BIG BOW HEAD.' But, now that I've gotten to know her, and you, I told him not to call her that anymore. She is definitely NO BIG BOW HEAD!"
I'll admit, at that particular moment Her Highness was being seen in public (for maybe the third time ever in her 5 1/2 years) without a bow. It had fallen out while she was at school, so she shoved it into her backpack.
It was one of those things where the conversation changed quickly, so I didn't get to find out exactly what she meant by it. Thunder and Lightning were fighting over a rake. Hail was throwing a temper tantrum to run in the street, so the play date ended abruptly, as most play dates do when The STORM tags along. But her words still hung with me. She's from Minnesota, I kept telling myself. She doesn't understand OUR culture. She's not the prissiest of gals either. More of the sporty type. But so am I. I just love that my sweet daughter loves to wear only pink and ginormous bows. If that makes her a BIG BOW HEAD, then so be it. I had no idea that term was even considered negative.
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If I ever have a girl she will definitly be a BIG BOW Head too, so take it as a compliment. At least you take the time to add a little cute-ness to her precious head! I love them! ;)
I agree with Kiera, I will have a bow head too! We are from the south, we do big bows, smocked dresses, etc. Tell little "Tim" not to let the bow fool him because there is a lot of feistiness underneath it. ha!
I've heard it referred to as the BAB (big a$$ bow)! My niece never leaves the house without a BAB and I think it's the CUTEST thing ever!!!!
All of my inlaws are from Montana so none of them understand the way we dress kids down in the good 'ol South. Smocking was a hot topic for a while. My m-i-l and my husband were both pretty against it, but guess what? I'm the MOMMY! I squirted that little one out my vajayjay so I get to decide what he wears. I never did anything over the top-nothing with lace or huge collars (ok, there was one huge collar outfit but it was shadow embroidered with Noah's Ark so whatev). All of my smocked clothes were very boyish in theme...no unisex stuff...all trucks, puppies, etc. So to all the Northerners out there who hate the Southern cuteness of our kids, I would say, we don't understand why you choose to dress your kids so weird. So I guess we're even.
Give us a girl and we will put a bow on her head, and put her in a pink, smocked, and monogrammed dress. We're southerners! It's who we are... it's what we do! Besides, have you seen the way those carpetbaggers dress their children? All granola like and grungy? Poor little disshevled (sp?) babies! Bless their hearts!
There's NOTHING wrong with having a BIG BOW HEAD. We did it, right? At least she's got something beautiful underneath it...that you can SEE!!! You tell people to leave that baby alone! Don't make me have to make children cry! &=)
Considering all the names YOU called kids growing up, I think it's nothing to be offended about!
aboslutely hilarious. my fave part was she seemed normal and thats not something to take lightly. sheesh.have the same problems here ;) i wouldn't be offended. Emerson is going to be a flower head so whatever. ;)
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