However, it has impacted our lives in some pretty unexpected ways …
1. She conveniently loses her “glass slipper” practically everywhere we go.
Of all the Disney princesses, my toddler is especially fascinated with Cinderella. This has led to an interesting little game that she plays at grocery stores, Target, and every single house we visit.
It goes a little something like this:
As we cruise down an aisle at any store, she waits until I’m not looking and removes a shoe, stuffing it in between some random products (diapers, cans of green beans, the linen aisle … you name it). A few minutes later, she declares, “I’ve lost my glass slipper at the ball!” A shoe-hunt ensues, where we must retrace our steps throughout the store and refer to her as “Cinderella” in order to find where she stashed the plastic, glittery monstrosity. During playdates, she pulls this same move. When it’s clearly time for us to leave, and we’ve destroyed our friend’s playroom enough, she announces that she must find the glass slipper before making her grand departure.
2. It’s filled our heads with a surprising amount of random trivia knowledge.
My husband and I try to make it to a pub trivia night at least once a month with a few friends from college (who don’t yet have kids). The winning question one recent night was How many salad plates do Anna and Elsa own?
Only parents of a Disney-obsessed toddler would be able to succinctly answer that one — and that we did! (For the record, it’s 8,000. Another table of parents contested our answer, thinking that the song said, “a thousand.” But we reigned victorious.)
3. It’s helped us introduce her to healthy foods (with a bit of creativity).
While my toddler doesn’t exactly request healthy, balanced meals on her own, I’ve learned that it’s pretty easy to rename anything to appeal to her Disney obsession.
For example, last night, we dined on Mickey Meatloaf, Olaf noses, and Enchanted Forest Trees … which in reality was a perfectly healthy dinner of turkey meatloaf, steamed carrots, and broccoli. And last week, I watched as every bite of my “Cinderella Stew” was devoured by my toddler. (It was basically a pumpkin risotto.)
Bibbity-bobbity blueberries, Snow White apples, or asparagus magic wands? She’s in!
4. It’s encouraged us all to dance more. (Seriously.)
This one is due to a little phenomenon called “The Hot Dog Dance.” Maybe you’ve heard of it? At the end of each Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode, my daughter requires everyone present in our house to get up and pretend to be one of the dancing characters.
Since this is currently her favorite show, I have really been able to get an extra step boost on my FitBit.
For the complete article, visit Erica Davis over at babble.com (click here)
Image credit: Donnie Ray Jones
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