Admiring herself in the mirror
Orange Blossom (Photo is a screen shot from StrawberryShortcake.com).
We have one Strawberry Shortcake book (The Berrylicious Bake-off*) and for some reason Anna has identified herself with Orange Blossom. She runs around saying she is Orange Blossom, I am Ginger Snap, Craig is Huckleberry Pie, and Sarah is Apple Dumplin'. She wants to wear all orange but I've only got the Broncos shirt and one shirt with some orange stripes in it for her right now.
I've mentioned before that I'm not into licensed characters and although I did get her the Elmo plush and she did get a Minnie Mouse for Christmas. I think because I played with Strawberry Shortcake and because I really wanted to find a particular Orange Blossom doll (after days of research, the one I wanted doesn't exist; I wanted one to match the Strawberry Shortcake and Lemon Meringue I got in Doha) I've been promoting this Licensed Character obsession. We've been downloading coloring sheets from StrawberryShortcake.com, watching the music videos, and I even downloaded a CD of music (Let's Dance) from iTunes. The real clincher is that I've ordered some dolls from ebay and a couple more books from Amazon. I told Craig that this is me holding back. It's a good thing we're not in the States right now or we'd have a whole Strawberry Shortcake room in our house by now.
*We actually call it "The Very Delicious Bake-off " but I'm sure I'll give in to all of the "berry" instead of "very" stuff eventually.
