Since discovering the Disney princesses a few months ago, Annabelle has become an enraptured fan of sparkly dresses and glittery tiaras. She spends hours acting out the plight of fair maidens who fight villains and find love in the stories and songs of Disney books and movies. It’s her favorite topic. Any grocery store cashier who innocently asks about the princess attire, hairbows or dolls that she carries everywhere will inevitably get an earful.
Two months ago, Annabelle and I were in Target, perusing their toy section for a birthday party gift. We turned into a new aisle and I heard a gasp. Her reactions toward the spotting of any princess gear are predictably joyous, so I didn’t pay very much attention – but she insisted upon getting out of the cart and inspecting a new princess we hadn’t seen before – Tiana. She was very excited to think we had accidentally overlooked a princess, as the stories of Belle, Ariel, Jasmie, Aurora, Cinderella, Anastasia, Snow White, Mulan and Pocahontas are all old hat now. She immediately asked me to find Tiana’s movie (with lots of exclamation points behind the request). After getting home and googling… we discovered that The Princess and the Frog would soon be in theaters… but not for several weeks. It’s hard to wait when you’re only three years old!
We made a countdown calendar and crossed off days in anticipation of the movie release. She could hardly sleep last night, so excited was she to wake up and see her newly beloved Princess Tiana movie. (She calls her Tee-nana, which makes me laugh.) After being awakened at 2am and 4am by an excited little fan who wanted to know if it was time to go yet, I woke up on my own at 6am and found Annabelle in her room, deciding what to wear. She REALLY wanted to put on her new Tiana dress, but after much discussion about there being snow on the ground and all… she agreed to wear actual clothes. (Victory.)
After a long morning… it was FINALLY time to go to Liberty Cinema! Yay. She loved the movie, though she spent most of it in my lap, fearing the voodoo charlatan.
Here she is, ready to go to her movie. A fun day with my sweet little princess. (She calls me Queen Mommy.)
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This is the cutest story ever!
Lexi looked at this and said, “Oh look are her. Her’s beautiful.”