Okay, so we just posted Elia’s collage, but it’s Fancy Day at school today, part of Spirit Week, and they both dressed up today (yes, our stance on Disney princesses is eroding a bit, to our defense Elsa is a queen – which Curie is still quick to correct people when they call her princess). On Curie’s birthday party, Elia didn’t get to wear her dress because she was at the pediatrician, so today was the first time she got to wear it. She swished her hips back and forth and pointed at the Elsa on her chest. Albert’s Mom asked that he take a picture of the two of them when they were both in their dresses (note they are both wearing t-shirts beneath to have play clothes in case they paint or play – Curie is learning that fancy dresses are not conducive to play).
Curie has been fighting peer pressure at school where some girls had the rule that only the girl with the longest dress could be Elsa, we recently got her to convince the girls that they could all be Elsa if they wanted. We said earlier that Elia also thinks she is Elsa even if Curie thinks she is Anna, and when Curie said “Elia can be Anna,” Albert said, “no, you can both be Elsa.” When Erin came down, Curie said “look Mommy, we’re both Elsa!” Makes you proud. On a separate note, isn’t Anna the heroine of the film? Is it just because she doesn’t have magic powers, a pretty dress, and her catchy song isn’t an anthem?