Pretty often in pink

Observant followers of this blog will have noticed an inordinate amount of pink creeping in, especially on the body of this lovely young lady. We deny all responsibility! From the outset we banned all items pink - clothes, linen, toys or others. It was not an easy task as the mainstream world of baby and toddler paraphernalia is roughly divided into two colours: pink and light blue. We did what we could to keep what we considered artificial and consumer-oriented gender predetermination and, worse, an onslaught onto our sense of aesthetics out of the house. Even at her day-care there wasn't really a lot of pink around. We still lost the battle. Whenever given the opportunity to choose the colour of some new item, Zoe will pick pink. She loves her pink tutu, pink shoes, pink t-shirts and even pink toothbrush. Amid the slight bewilderment we are still feeling after having been hit completely unprepared by this pink avalanche, some doubt has crept in: Maybe it's in the genes after all...