Kira loves her stories, so much so that she tends to adopt a new persona. She likes to be called "Tinkerbell", "Peter Pan", "Peter Rabbit", and now "Thomas (the) Train". It used to be just around the house, and in addition to being called 'Kira'. But now she prefers to be called 'Thomas', and will correct you if you call her by her birth name! It's quite a sight when I'm at the shopping centre and Kira runs off - if she doesn't respond to 'Kira', I have to shout out one of her other personalities (I don't always know which one!) - I get some funny looks when I yell out "Thomas!!" to a child who is clearly a girl, complete with a pink dress and pigtails!!
This photo reminds me of one my parents have of me when I wasn't much older...In it, I'm wearing a dark blue velour winter dress, and I'm leaning on my Gran's mint green couch - I think I was wearing pigtails, too. Seeing Kira in a velour winter dress, with pigtails, and leaning on our couch, made me think of the similarities.
(Yes, Kira is leaning forward, not a half-shrunken midget!!)
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