I have to admit, ever since I’ve known for sure that we’re having a girl, I’ve been wondering if I would end up with a really, die-hard girly girl or a more rough and tumble tomboy.  Of course, there’s no way to know right now, but that doesn’t stop me from speculating.  I’m sure there are charms to having a girly girl, but I wasn’t one of those sorts of kids myself and have wondered if I might have a hard time relating to a little girl who was all princess, all the time.

And I wasn’t 100% a tomboy.  I had a mighty love for My Little Ponies, even if mine’s head often would pop off and she would get a lot dirtier than my friends’ ponies would.  I also loved to put belts on my long nightgowns because that would give them a waist and then I would dance around and feel like a princess (gah!).  I had a finely refined sense of romance at a young age and was something of a subtle flirt while I was in school with boys (alas, only through 8th grade).

But I did love to play with boys and their far more fascinating toys and the dirt in your backyard was the best place to play with Hot Wheels cars, as far as I was concerned.  I loved Voltron, Transformers and Construx.  I wasn’t very good at sports, but I loved to ride my bike around the neighborhood and go exploring new places.  I didn’t let myself get too dirty, but more because I didn’t enjoy the process of getting clean and less because I didn’t want to look dirty.

So I can’t help but wonder what kind of little girl I will have.  Will she be a tomboy?  Or will she be a princess?  Or will she fall in-between, like I did?

I don’t know if this is something we’re just born with and all influence be damned or if a parent’s influence affects it at all.  If we showered her with pink and princesses, would she be more likely to be a girly girl?  If we only gave her jeans, t-shirts and Hot Wheels, would she end up more a tomboy?  I think we’ll get what we get and our input will have minimal effect on the girl she becomes.  Our relaxed natures might have some influence, or at least I can hope.   Because if she’s all girl, all the time then I think I’m in big trouble.