The Magic Box

I need to take a minute and tell you about a specific item in Hailey's vast toy collection...the ever-evolving 'dress up box'.

On Hailey's last birthday (her third birthday), my sister-in-law Linda made her a dress up box from a Rubbermaid tub and filled with with all sorts of dress up clothing - scarves, dresses and costumes. Hailey calls it her 'Magic Dress-Up Box'. It holds dozens of items...some of them at small as toddler-sized bracelets - the perfect size to step on in bare feet. One adorable little skirt literally 'sheds' blue, shiny stars all over the house. I have her Magic Box 'hidden' at the end of her bed and I cover it with blankets.

It is a pain... it makes a mess... she wants to play with it ALL the time....parts of it are ALL over the house....AND....

...it simply the greatest thing I have ever seen.

For as much of a bother it is to clean up after...when she starts playing with it, her imagination soars! She adores playing with this thing. Since she got it in August, we have added pirate outfits, wands, princess dresses, monster hats, wings and various fairy wands. It really is fun to see her so excited when she dresses up. The fun isn't for her alone either...whenever someone comes over to the house, she has to drag it out and try on all her outfits. she dances around in them and takes on the personality of whatever she is dressed as (princess, pirate, monster...you name it).

There are clothes all over the house at times, but it is totally worth it...don't believe me, take a look at the pictures....

The Magic Dress-Up Box RULES!