"The Four Seasons" (Or "Greta Dressed Herself")

Hat from spring, dress from summer, trick-or-treat basket from autumn, and boots from winter.


Even sillier than the outfit is the dialogue that went with it. While I washed dishes this morning, Greta first walked into the kitchen with the boots on and informed me: "It's snowing outside. I need my boots." When I replied, "Really? Snow?" she said, "No, mom. I'm pretending." A few minutes later she walked through again, this time carrying the basket, and told me she was "going shopping at Target and then going to the market." I told her we needed bread and eggs. She said "I know mom. I already have them." Sure enough, her play food loaf of bread and two eggs were rolling around at the bottom of her basket. Just as I finished up the dishes, she called for me to carry her baby down the stairs because she couldn't carry the basket and her doll. I noticed she had added a hat she outgrew last summer (which is why the chin strap is across her eyes). When I asked her about it, she declared it was sunny and she needed to keep the sun out of her eyes. Every day is sunny with you, my dear. Every day.