Thursday, January 8, 2009

Outta the Mouths of Munchkins

S: "I can't hold your hand because it has bugs on it."

Huh? What?!?

J: "Mama, I want to be a princess, like Cinderella. "

Me: "Cinderella is my favorite princess. (I played her once in a professional children theatre production, I have a soft spot for the gal.) She wears a pretty blue dress."

J: "I want to wear a RED dress. With cherries on it."

NICE.

Let's just be clear: I have never, at any time, introduced the Cinderella or princess thing. Does Disney reach our kids by some kind of weird retail osmosis??? We simply walk by their branded stuff in the store and it's burned into our kiddos subconscious...? Weird...

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