Taking Dress Up Outside...

Little girls love to play dress up, they love to pretend they are a princess, a chef or a ballerina, you name it, there are costumes out there you can procure to help your child channel their inner fireman, etc.  I know several little boys that get a kick out of throwing on a tutu and twirling around. We store all the girls dress up clothes, shoes and accessories in the bench in our kitchen (which needs a makeover), and when they get an itch to dress up usually that means the entire bench will be emptied and they will spend a good hour changing outfits over and over again, I love it, I love listening to the stories they tell each other and the situations they encounter in their imaginary world.  It just so happens that last weekend they thought it would be a great idea to marry dress up with outside play...and when you do that...this is what you get:

(no idea why the photos look so blurry - they aren't blurry in Picasa, but turn blurry as soon as I upload them - I don't get it)