jammies and a skirt

I remember my mom telling me a story about a little girl she saw when I was about 3 and we were at the Nutcracker. She said this little girl was with her mom, and she was wearing a pretty dress with her shiny shoes. But the part you couldn't help but to notice was her "accessory". This little girl had her Miss Piggy lifejacket on over top of her pretty little dress. My mom remembers thinking, "oh my, who would let their child out of the house wearing that outfit?". Her next thought was, "you know, that lifejacket must be pretty important to that little girl...and who cares? if that's what she wants to wear, let her."

So, last night when I got home from the gym, Brian had Bree's jammies on already. I walked through the door and she had a sad face on. When I asked her what was wrong, she said "I wanna wear a dress." I guess she had been asking to put a dress on, but it was 30 minutes before bedtime and she already had her jammies on. So we argued a few more times back and forth about the dress. Then she said "I wanna wear a skirt." I told her that it was almost bedtime and she wasn't putting a skirt on. Then...I instantly remembered my mom's story. So, in we walked to Bree's room, opened up her dresser, and this is how she spent the night in bed.