One of my little redheads recently got a new pair of reading glasses. I love them on her.
As you can see, my daughter continues to strongly disagree with Anne Shirley about whether redheads can wear pink (see Dear Anne Shirley: Redheads CAN Wear Pink).
We’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about Anne of Green Gables as we work on Anusha of Prospect Corner, our retelling of L.M. Montgomery’s classic story. Our modern Anne is named Anusha. She’s a redhead of the same background as my daughters, who are a quarter Sri Lankan. We were 16,000 words into our story when I discussed it last month in Who Would Choose to be Born in December? Now, we’re almost 30,000 words into it.
Each week, I write a couple of new chapters, which my twins critique. Then, they make suggestions about what should happen next. Yesterday, after reading a perplexing “get well soon” card Anusha received after an accident forced her to stay home from school, one of my daughters (the one pictured above) asked if we could write other cards from her classmates.
In response to my daughter’s request, I put together a “get well soon” card from Josie, whom L. M. Montgomery describes as a girl with a “malicious smile.” Here’s what our updated Josie wrote to Anusha:
I’ll write the rest of the cards — ones from our versions of Diana, Ruby, and others — with my girls. This project is so much fun. 🙂
*The pink frames are from Zenni Optical.
**In case you didn’t catch the whole message from Josie, this is what she said: Dear Anusha- I heard you showed that oak tree who’s boss! Everybody’s been talking about you so much that it hardly feels like you’ve been absent. I can’t go a single day without hearing something about you. Hurry back! ~XOXOXO~ Josie
your daughter looks really beautiful like a little fairy……such a cutsee little girl….with her spectacles….really lovely….
Your daughter looks cute in the pink glasses, red hair and all.
The pink looks fantastic on her. “Rules” are made to be broken. 🙂
Thank you! I love the pink frames on her.
I liked the line written on her T-Shirt, “Forget princess, I want to be a scientist”.
It’s an empowering statement. I love it.
Wow that writing project sounds great! What a wonderful experience you are giving your children ❤
Also your girl looks perfect in pink, and in glasses!
Thank you! We’ve been snowed in the last few days, giving us plenty of time to work on it. It’s so much fun!
Such a cutie!
Thank you!
She is very cute in those glasses and pink shirt.
Thank you! I love my daughter’s sense of style.
Who says redheads can’t wear pink? Indeed. I disagree with Anne Shirley’s views too. 🙂
My kids were surprised by Anne Shirley’s views about her hair color. It was the first time they heard anti-ginger sentiments (in the US, where we live, red hair is very popular).
It’s nice to hear that it’s popular in the US. I have red hair, and in the UK it’s often the subject of jokes and teasing when you’re a child. Even as an adult, some people laugh about being people having ‘ginger’ hair. I can’t abide that word — I’m not ‘ginger’, I’m a redhead! 🙂
It seems to be a British thing, as this BBC article suggests: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6725653.stm