Pink

Anyone who knew me growing up knows that I did not like the color pink. In fact, that's putting it nicely - you could say I HATED the color pink and didn't want anything to do with it. Thinking back now, I'm not sure why that was - maybe it was a deep subconscious way of not wanting to fit into the typical "girly" norm - which I am anything but. No matter the reason, back then I found myself wanting to be associated with anything but that color.

But I find in life that you grow in and out of things during certain times. And certain things come into your life that make you rethink your opinion on certain things. Well, my adversion to pink has come to an end and it's all because of a little sweetheart named:

HAILEY

From the moment she was born, she has LOVED the color pink and anything girly. Everything she chooses to own is pink - clothes, shoes, books, dolls, crayons, coloring books - you name it she's probably got it in pink. In fact, the only reason she has anything of a different color is my trying to make sure she's got some variety in her life. But. if you ask her what color she wants wants anything to be, her answer will always be pink. If you ask her what color she wants her breakfast to be - she will choose the color pink - whether it's realistic or not. She is by far the biggest fan of pink I know.

Today during lunch, I was having a conversation with my little almost 4 year old and here's how it went (this is typical, although the topic of the conversation could be anything):

Hailey: Mom, what color are your eyes?
Me: Mine are green.
Hailey: Mom, what color are Daddy's eyes?
Me: Daddy's are blue.
Hailey: Mom, what color are Zachary's eyes?
Me: Zachary's are blue, just like Daddy's.
Hailey: Mom, what color are my eyes?
Me: Blue, just like Zachary and Daddy's. Aren't you lucky that you and Zachary have beautiful blue eyes just like your Daddy's? You are such cute kids!
Hailey: Mom, I don't want to have blue eyes.
Me: Why not? They are so beautiful honey!
Hailey: I really wish my eyes were pink!
Me: You want pink eyes - don't you think that would look a little silly to have pink eyes?
Hailey: No, pink is beautiful and it would match my shirt.

Seriously, how can you argue with that logic? Not only is she into pink, but is a wizz at color coordination already. As I looked over at her, I realized she was right - blue eyes definitely did not fit in with the color scheme she had going on today. Just so you understand what I'm talking about, I'm attaching a couple of pictures of her:


As you can see, she's in pink from head to toe. She's also been into ponytails lately too, so can see that's what we ended up with for a hairstyle today. However, you'll notice that it's complete with pink bows!


So in thinking about my previous adversion to pink, it's easy to see that not only am I not as opposed to pink as I used to be, but I actually like the color now. It's definitely not my favorite by any stretch, but I find that I actually love it in certain situations - especially on my daughter.

Of course, how could someone this cute in pink not change your mind???