Disney's Cinderella: Have Courage and be Kind

Have courage, and be kind. This mantra, to me, embodies what a Disney Princess is. I grew up watching Disney princess movies, and other princess movies, and reading about princesses, and pretending to be one. I was the first born girl on my Dad's side of the family, and when I was born my Grandpa called me princess, and he always called me princess.

As I have grown, I have learned from some in our society, that being a princess is not something to attain to. I have been told that Disney has given us "unrealistic expectations" about love and life. I have been told that princess stories teach us that women have to wait around to be rescued by a man.

As a young girl, those thoughts never crossed my mind. What I remember most is that all of the princesses, were kind and sweet, and brave when they needed to be. I didn't grow up thinking that I needed to be perfect and beautiful, I recognized that they were fairy tales, and sometimes fairy tales don't tell us the whole story.

So today I am declaring that it is okay to be feminine and kind and sweet and to like princesses. It doesn't mean that you are spoiled, or delicate. It doesn't mean that you are less than men, and it certainly doesn't mean that you are sitting around waiting to be rescued.

I believe that all women and girls are princesses, and queens and they are to be valued and treasured.
In each Disney Princess movie, there are always women or non-human side kicks helping the heroine along the way. People may claim that Prince Charming rescues Cinderella, but would he have been able to without the help of her fairy godmother? :)

What We Wore: // Tshirts: Kohls (LC Cinderella Collection) // Glass Slippers: Toms (similar) // My Lipstick: MAC Snob

Me and my real, live, Fairy Godmother, the woman who taught me to have courage and be kind, at the movie theatre to watch Disney's Cinderella :)

Happy Monday!

Have courage & be kind today!

OBT presents Cinderella

Earlier in March, Joel and I had plans to go see Oregon Ballet Theatre present Cinderella with another couple. Unfortunately our friends ended up having to cancel at the last minute so...

We got to take our nieces! It was their first ballet, as well as Joel's first ballet ;)

My sister-in-law always dresses them so cute! They looked like little princesses, so of course I had to get them tiaras to match--you can't watch Cinderella without a tiara!

What I wore: dress: Kohls Jennifer Lopez (old) // Cardigan: Ross (old) // Shoes: Maurices (old) //
// necklace: white house black market //

I had a lot of fun getting dressed up. I haven't been to a ballet in years!

Cinderella

My nieces favorite characters were the "ugly stepsisters" played by men. They really stole the show!

I'll end with a little "Throwback Thursday". When I was 11 or 12, I got to go see the world famous Bolshoi Ballet perform at the Eugene Hult Center with a bunch of my dance friends. During intermission we were running around out the lobby, and an older gentleman start calling after us "young ladies!" We thought we were in trouble so we just kept going, but he didn't stop so we stopped to find out what he wanted. He told us that they needed flower girls to give the ballerinas their flowers at the end of the bows and wanted to know if we could do it. We were so shocked!! The picture above is me on the left handing one of the ballerinas her flowers. I was in heaven!

Happy Thursday!

I'm 99.9% Sure I'm a Disney Princess...

Last weekend a friend asked me to dress up as Cinderella for her daughter's Cinderella themed birthday party. I hesitated for a split second and then I thought--Yeah! I could be a princess-heck, I AM a princess! So I did it! I dressed up and showed up to the party and then gave all of the little girls makeovers with glitter to boot! The little girls bought it and they were so sweet. They were all dressed up as princesses and they really liked getting their makeup done.

 I got the dress at Ross Dress for Less for $14.99 and my mom made the cape. I already own several tiaras from courts I was on in High School, and the shoes & jewelry are old.

One little girl, who was 3, came up to me and said "I know your real name...It's Cinderella!" 

You can't really tell but I did wear glitter on my eyes and I saw glitter for days after! It even made its way onto my husband (not the first time). My husband has just gotten used to the fact that glitter will always be a part of his life as long as he is married to me--and I have accepted that football will always be a part of my life! ugh!

Happy Tuesday!