The Dress Up Box

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╱        Yesterday Ari           ╲
╱        dressed up as a clown.         ╲ 

╱       He made the cute hat himself        ╲

╱      and asked me to paint his cheeks red.      ╲
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The other beautiful image is from Small magazine  

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I love the way that children will utilise the dress up box...

( or whatever happens to be lying around the house)

and bring their fantasies alive.

 Some of my favourite memories are of playing dress ups 

with the other kids in my neighbourhood.  

Dancing about in my mum's old polkadot

 nighties and flowing velvet empire line dresses. 

( hmmm... it seems that not much has changed)

My father is german and I have a dear little collection 

of Heidi dresses with matching aprons and beautiful capes 

that I would often wear as a little girl.

 my mother, my brother, and I... 

admiring my lovely reflection

  As I outgrew each set, a pretty new folk costume 

would arrive in the mail from my relatives, 

(often just in time for the Octoberfest) 

....and just perfect for re-enacting fairytales.