pink – Mummy To Twins Plus One

Lillian was fine with green and purple and Julia was fine with red and pink. Now the girls have to both have the pink toy/jewellery or whatever it is. This morning I gave the girls a nice present from their grandma and they have fought over who got the pink necklace and bracelet. Oh the joys!

Julia was lucky that she picked it first, but then as you can imagine Lillian who did not get the pink one had one hell of a tantrum. I told her she should be happy that grandma gave her a gift and if she really did not want it, I will give to another girl that will love it more. As you can imagine this was met with a big screamed NO! So she is now happy wearing it. Phew…. Crisis averted for the time being, until she decides she wants the pink one again.

Not understanding why they both suddenly want pink everything. When does this kick in? A couple of days ago, I was speaking to another mother, who has a girl that is of similar age and is going through the same thing. So it is not just my girls. In my post about going to the play school concert, I mused about the obsession little girls have with pink. In this post it mentions that pink was originally a colour for boys, not girls. Why has this changed? And who told the toddlers about this? Why is the pink switch suddenly on for girls? Who switches it on? Would it be the pink fairy? And if there is a pink fairy, I want to have a word with him/her, please don’t make my girls so obsessed with pink!

As you will see the necklaces and bracelets look very pretty no matter what the colour. I am trying to tell the girls that they need to be happy and grateful for gifts no matter what the colour is. Not sure if they are able to control their feelings if they un-wrap a gift that might not be pink in front of friends or family, I hope so, but they are still little.

It is the girls birthday soon, well in September is soon, only a couple of months away. Maybe I need to alert friends and family to make sure to buy pink? However I do want the girls to experience other colours not just pink. For a mother who was a tom boy and loved and still loves blue, this is a new experience. Don’t get me wrong, pink and frills are very pretty, but I don’t want them to fall into the trap that everything must be pink and frilly or they won’t wear it or be interested.

Do you have this issue if you have girls? What have you done about it? Do you just buy the child pink and be done with it? Or have you decided to tell them this is what you get and be happy with it. Send in your comments.

Play School Concert

A while back I organised tickets for the girls and I to go to the Play School Concert. Tickets were affordable so thought why not, they love Play School and it was an activity to do with them. I did not realise when I booked the tickets that it was going to be in the first week of the school holidays.

I was hoping that the girls would get up and dance and be more involved in the show as they are older, however this was not to be. Maybe it was due to the number of kids, or that they were tired from visiting their great aunts and cousins the day before. Who knows but as soon as they were in the car they were singing all the songs and did not stop until we reached home. Do your kids dance and get involved at concerts, mine don’t, and I was hoping that they would today. Both girls had a blast, but did not make it known until we were in the car leaving, they were singing and playing with their new toys.

As you would have guessed during the show, the girls noticed other girls and boys with toys that their parents had purchased. I did not want to, but thought why not.
We have been conservative with things and are not doing or going anywhere, so a treat this once should not hurt. I was asked for Jemima ballerina soft toy each.

I did ask if they wanted a different type of Jemima toy, one had overalls, the other a blue dress and of course a pink ballet outfit. The girls seem to be very taken with pink and girly stuff. Although obsessed with pink, frills, and glitter they are still rough and tumble.

It makes me wonder why girls pick pink as the colour of choice. I was never that type of girl so I find it interesting, is it just down to sex that you should automatically like pink? Well I know some people who are female who hate the colour.

So as you might have guessed after the toys were purchased, kids were very happy. They have not stopped playing with their Jemima and have taken them to bed.

As I am pondering the pink colour issue, here are some articles that will help the debate or give you more information:

The second article above mentions that in the 1900’s pink was for boys and blue was for girls. Blue was considered daintier, and pink was a stronger colour that is closer to red. Interesting how times have changed. My girls have many other colours that are their favourite but lately it is pink, they fight over the pink plate and spoons. Just thought it was interesting that for the toy, they both had to have the girly pink one, it does look cute and is very lovely.

Have you gone to a show for your kids to then get them a toy? Did you plan on making this purchase? If you have girls, do they buy pink or prefer it than other colours? Send in your comments.