A few weeks ago, I checked Pinterest while my laptop was sitting on the kitchen counter. Mazzy saw the pretty pictures populating the screen and asked, "What's that?" I explained that you pick the pictures you like the best and pin them to your own board.
"I want to pin things!"
And that's how "Mazzy's Pins" on Pinterest was born.
Since then, it has become a nightly ritual before we read books and go to bed. Not to mention, a really awesome way to pass fifteen minutes with a three-year-old. Screw blocks and puzzles! I am going to school my daughter in social media!
Mazzy asks if we can "pin" and I let her take the lead. Did you know that Pinterest is a place where a three-year-old's dreams can come true?
She makes search requests.
"I want to pin…. pink things!"
"I want to pin…. cupcakes!"
"I want to pin…. monkey pajamas!"
She makes her selections.
"That one! I like that one! Pin that one, Mommy!!!!"
And then she gives commentary.
"I like that silly pig because it has boots on it."
I record it all from her mouth to the board exactly. Like this…
Mazzy usually gets bored about three or four pins in, which actually works out nicely so I am not PINK BOMBING my followers. Did I mention half the board is pink? Pink cars, pink umbrellas, pink gloves… It's a running theme. On Pinterest and in real life.
She loves pinning food.
She likes pinning animals.
She likes pinning food shaped like animals.
Sometimes her pins make the most sense if read in the order we pin them.
Sometimes she surprises me.
Sometimes she pins exactly what I would expect.
And sometimes she confuses me.
But mostly, she just seems delighted we are able to find whatever combination of words pop into her head.
Although, this morning Mazzy asked to search for "pink elephant ice cream" and we came up with nothing. As Mazzy sadly pointed out, "There are pink elephants and there is pink ice cream but there is no pink elephant ice cream."
Apparently, Pinterest can kill three-year-old dreams too.
Oh, and here's another thing. In two weeks, Mazzy's board has become my most popular board. She's even got a pin that has more repins than anything I've pinned in the last three years.
I don't even understand how that happened. I'm sure Mazzy will tell me one day.
If you'd like to see all of Mazzy's Pins and follow her board, click here.
I hope you like PINK.
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To follow all my boards on Pinterest (where I will pin non-pink things), click here.
I love seeing her pins! Her comments are awesome and adorable 🙂
If someone told me I would be following a three yr old’s pins I would have laughed – I have enough three yr old pink and drama in my life and that is not why I started on Pinterest. But I am following Mazzy’s pins. And they are all great.
dude this is like the most brilliant thing ever. my Lovie will ADORE Mazzy’s pins b/c she’s ALL ABOUT PINK and princesses and sprinkles and sparklies and ponies and pink pink pink.
Between Mazzy’s board and the imaginary daughter Quinoa, I’m loving Pinterest more and more.
I found Pillsbury funfetti pancake mix. Your welcome 🙂
What a great way to capture what your child is thinking! I need to do this with my 3yo. I’m sure it will just be princesses.
Her board and comments on each pin are so cute. Sometimes I see them before I read the caption and think “why am I seeing this in my feed?!” Then it all makes sense!
Am I the only one that thinks pink elephant ice cream sounds awesome?
I like how her board can read Mazzy’s Pins or Mazzy Spins because it seems like all her excitement and searching and pink loving makes her little head spin!
Mazzy’s pins are what I look forward to when I log on to pinterest. One of the bright spots of my day. Love her commentary.
I’ve commented before about her board, but I LOVE it. I can’t believe that I follow a 3 year old on Pinterest, but hey, it is what it is. I think it’s because both my kids are boys? So I’ll never have a little pink lover. It’s sweet, and light hearted.
This is a cute idea. V is both very verbal and very opinionated, so I could see her getting into something like this with some adorable and hilarious results.
so sweet. can’t wait to start a pinterest board for my 2-yr-old son. =)
I love this so much! What a great record of her childhood imagination! And this one’s for Mazzy:
http://cutestfood.com/3411/elephant-ice-cream/
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