Playing Dress-up

One of Amelia and John's favorite activities is playing dress-up. Prior to Christmas, this activity typically involved Amelia dressing in a princess or fairy costume (most of which are sized for 3 or 4 year-olds, so the outfits are pathetically small on her) with Amelia also dressing John in a princess costume to match hers. The poor guy never seemed to mind, so long as he could play with his big sister and participate in the game. A typical "before" photo...

However, once John was exposed to the possibility of other types of costumes (following his Christmas gift of the Spiderman outfit as seen in the Christmas post below), he has taken on new roles as...

Policeman John! (His Halloween costume from 2008, next to fairy Amelia)

and Chef John!

John seems to enjoy the new outfits, and he often insists on wearing them above his regular clothing (since I won't let him wear the costumes alone given that it is winter and quite cold). As usual, Amelia is in seventh heaven so long as her brother is willing to play with her. It's definitely fun to watch!