Anonymous Little Sister's Outfit

Setting: parent's bedroom/children's schoolroom, morning

Background: Anonymous Little Sister woke up this morning and did her hair in pigtails--low ones behind her ears. She carefully let two strands hang over her face. Over that she slid on my brother's navy blue knit beanie (we live in a tropical climate, k?) and put on dark blue boot cut jeans (because she won't wear anything but boot-cut) and a crimson shirt that says "I Bite" in rhinestones. To top it off, she adds a decidely gothic choker. I wonder where she got that...?

Curtain opens on: a little punked out ten-year-old reading Shakespeare and singing Newsies songs at the top of her lungs.

Me: Anonymous Little Sister, where did you learn to dress like that?
Anonymous Little Sister: I made it up.
Me: No you did not. That is totally a TV look. Did you get it from a movie?
Anonymous Little Sister: Nope. I made it up.
Me: Do you have friends that dress like that?
Anonymous Little Sister. Nope. I made it up. I just thought it would all look cool together.

Anonymous Me is in wonder. This kids doesn't want to grow up my foot.