I adventured to enter Maddie in a all natural beauty pageant. I could never get myself to dress my two year old as a 25yr old. Something is just wrong with that. Plus in this pageant, everyone walks out a winner. It's all about self esteem and loving who you are the way you are. ( O : The theme wear was Rock, and I had a great time dressing her up for this. She was a doll! I had a blast curling her hair super tight, which she never lets me do! She didn't like to be guided to the three stars she was suppose to stand on. When I would try she would yell, "Stuck!" That is one of her favorite words to use when she is being forced to do something. So I let her do her thing. She was happy, but became super happy when people would clap for her! She just loved that! Even when all the girls came on stage for her age and the audience clapped, she lite up, because she knew of course they were clapping for just her! ( O : There was the "formal" wear part, and I thought she was adorable. There were definetly fancier dresses but I refused to put her in something that she wouldn't be wearing to church...she's only two. Maddie didn't "place" but she did get what she was most concerned about getting, the stuffed Zebra. She also got a trophy, and crown, and she won best stage presence for her age, so she got another trophy for that. But really she could have cared less about all that, as long as she got her Zebra. ( O : It was an exhausting day! Maddie was super tired and grumpy by the end, which I don't blame her, I was too! Even though it was a all natural pageant, there were still the crazy pageant moms there. One threatening to slap her two year olds face if she didn't stop complaining about wanting a balloon, and others offering their little one those super powerful energy drinks. Wasn't the environment that I would like to have Maddie in. I think I got the pageant bug out of my system. Glad we did it, great memories, but we just aren't pageant people. ( O : We just aren't crazy enough!
