Postcards from Playtime

Norah has been obsessed with "Sleeping Beauty" ever since Disney released it last month. I bought it for fear that it would go back into the "Disney Vault" never to be seen again before she was too old to enjoy it (yeah, I've totally fallen prey to Disney's sneaky marketing "vault" scheme, but that's another rant for another time) At any rate, I thought it was way too scary for her to watch now and planned to put it away for when she was older, but after several days of persistent begging coupled with my failure to communicate my "plan" to postpone her first screening, Jason caved and let her watch it with him. She has done great with handling it (I've always thought of Malificent as the scariest of all Disney villains), but now talks about it non-stop.

Her favorite part of the movie is when the faries, Flora and Merriweather, have the "Pink!" "No--Blue!" wand duel over what color Aurora's dress should be. It cracked me up when I caught Norah reenacting her favorite scene with my knitting needle...errr...I mean her "wand" held high! (Please note the pink shirt and blue tutu...mere coincidence? I think not!)

This morning, Norah brought me Charli and asked for me to please "wrap her up nice and snug". She then abandoned the newly swaddled babe and emerged a short while later from her room with a pink blanket and the request for me to "Now, wrap me a baby". She then proceeded to cuddle up beside Charli and pose for photos.