Tomorrow is my wonderful Trinity's 5th birthday. Unfortunately, I'm not having her party for another week and a half, but then again, that's okay. It's giving me time to plan a great one! This one is going to be interesting, unlike anything I've ever done before! It's going to be a Princess Gigi party. But, this is kind of a big deal for me. Let me explain why.
Starting around a month or so ago, I found a contest to win either a Bibleman or Gigi, God's Little Princess DVD. I've seen more Bibleman, and Trinity loves him, and I've only seen a little bit of Gigi on Sarah's Stories (on Smile of a Child) a couple times. My first reaction to seeing Gigi was that I don't want my kids getting this mindset that a lot of girls seem to have nowadays that they are a princess, as in, they are more special than anyone else, and everybody should be serving them. So, I avoid shows that will encourage that.
But than I read about Sheila Walsh (author of Gigi) and Gigi, God's Little Princess, and, wow! Boy, was I wrong! Now, I wish that they played these shows more often! Then maybe I would have a better idea of what they are really about (because I've only gotten to watch bits and pieces of them). But, now I am very interested in Princess Gigi, because being God's little princess is definitely what I'm wanting to encourage in my kids! Especially now that I'm learning about Biblical Femininity, something I had never heard of until a couple weeks ago.
A pastor of mine gave me a book recently titled "Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul" by John & Stasi Eldredge. This book has turned out nothing like I thought. In fact, it is much better, like nothing I could have imagined! At the same time, I have also began (accidentally) finding blogs and other websites about Biblical Femininity. I am learning so much stuff about being a woman, being a godly woman, what it means to be feminine, and teaching my girls how to do/be this stuff, stuff that I never knew before! I am getting so excited about it! I'm learning that it's okay to be a woman, to be feminine and the like. Most of my life I have been insulted and made fun of for doing something that was girly. I grew up on a farm, was taught how to work like a man, and how being feminine was bad. I have liked cars and working on them since I was 6 years old, and have always had mainly guy friends, who, I guess, came to expect me to act more like one of them, and less like a female, therefore, making fun of me if I did the slightest thing feminine.
Now that I've reached 30, and also seeing things in a new light due to learning about Biblical Femininity, I looked around, and thought about it. I don't really have any guys who are 'just friends' around anymore. I guess there comes a time when people change, life changes, and that's not appropriate anymore. Especially once you become a Christ Follower. But that's a whole other story, lol.
So, without the intimidation from those guy friends anymore, I realized that I don't have to be scared to be feminine, and implement these things that I'm learning about Biblical Femininity! Now, I want to teach my daughters how to be God's Little Princesses! I really don't know how, because I'm still learning myself, but, I'm going to do it! I guess we will all three learn together! Starting with a Gigi, God's Little Princess birthday party for my 5 y/o daughter next week. I'm so excited!
Oh, on a funny note, I am making her a Barney the dinosaur birthday cake (which was decided before I decided to do Gigi), because of a dream she had a few weeks ago about Barney. She found her sisters old Barney doll, and had been carrying him around all the time. Well, for those who don't already know, she doesn't have a dad. Not her real dad, a step dad, or anything. Both of my girls don't. Faith's dad was in and out for a while, but has now been out for 2 years. Trinity's dad has never been around. Well, I guess Trinity has a special connection now to Barney. She dreamt that he came over to our house to see her, picked her up on his lap and held her, and said "I love you Trinity", and she said "I love you too, Barney". I almost cried when I heard that! Because I know exactly what all that meant! So, when I went to the cake store to get the stuff to make my mom's wedding cake, I saw a Barney cake pan. They only had the one, which I learned is out of production (hence the date on the pan of 1993). So, if I didn't get it then, I would probably never get it! So, I think God put the pan in my path for Trinity (even though Barney drives me nuts, he's not bad, and Trinity loves him, so I will never speak bad of him again around her ~cringe~). So, we will be having a God's Little Princess birthday party, with a Barney the dinosaur cake. I guess she does take after me, and what I've liked to refer to myself as, a feminine tomboy! Lol.
Here are some links to some blogs and websites about Gigi and Biblical Femininity.
http://www.tommynelson.com/ This website is the publisher of Gigi books.
http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/
http://feelinfeminine.com/
http://proverbs14verse1.blogspot.com/
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