I want this. Sure, I'm twice her age, but I think I could pull it off. Maybe. But be that as it may, I think she looks mature but not tacky or trashy or overly-made up or trying too hard, without being boring. She just looks adorable and appropriate without being twee or super trendy or desperate for attention. Which is not unusual for her, actually:
How cute is she? I just want to give her a high five and buy her a soda, or whatever you do with well-behaved youngsters these days. Introduce them to the Jonas Brothers? Let them drive your car around the block a couple of times? Lecture them about how in my day, we all had to WRITE LETTERS TO PEOPLE. ON PAPER. And if we needed to do research WE HAD TO GO -- ON FOOT!! -- TO THE LIBRARY! And that Rock Band DIDN'T EVEN EXIST. Whatever. And then tell her to keep it up. And that while we're looking forward to her Risky Fashion Forward Stage -- which is coming, and which will probably be fun -- we trust that she'll never go all Nip Slippy McGee on us, for which we will be forever grateful. And then make her loan me that first number. I'll take good care of it. I hardly ever spill.
