Eila went to Target today armed with a gift card and the freedom to choose anything she wanted (within her budget and the safety requirements of her parents). After scouring the dollar bins and finding nothing acceptable, she debated heading to the clothing department and decided that maybe she'd look at the toys first. In the toy section, she carefully examined the three aisles containing fancy things, dolls, and crafting items.

She had decided on a craft kit of color your own gems jewelry box, which she had added to her wishlist months ago when she thought about maybe getting a HSM craft kit and something else (as it was cheaper and she could possibly get two things...) However, on the return to the previous aisle she found the perfect thing. Eila decided on a wedding dress complete with veil headband. She was hoping to also get the matching shoes and bouquet, but that was over her budget.

In the end, she was very pleased with her decision but told me, "I can't get married yet." I replied, "True." Eila added "I don't have my matching shoes or flowers."

It's nothing new and no big surprise that Eila loves to be a princess - in all ways. She loves to dress up, dance, tell others what to do, have everyone admiring and paying full attention to her (at all times), make messes and have others clean them up, be served every meal precisely when she orders and as she desires. She plays the role very convincingly.

Eila also lives life very fully experiencing every extreme and all the in betweens. Eila laughs with wild, enthusiastic and very contagious laughter. She cries with wails that break the hardest heart and she screams with force that can be heard across the ocean.