"It's like crack for 5-year-olds."
I had no idea it wasn't just a coincidence that all the little girls of my acquaintance dressed as princesses for Halloween. As it turns out, Salon reveals, it's a Disney conspiracy.
Link openly swiped from Brian.
Hello, vasectomy office? Can I get a second one, just to be sure? Thanks.
Posted by: q on November 25, 2004 11:52 AMWe're kinda lucky. Yes, we had to buy Greta a Cinderalla outfit at Story Land last year and, yes, she went trick-or-treating this year as a princess, but she really, really wants a Slime-cano (basically, a Hot Wheels set with lots of green and red slime to drive cars into).
Posted by: adamg on November 25, 2004 03:34 PMDaughter turns 4 this weekend. You'll never guess what the theme of the party is.
Yes, princesses.
We just came back from DisneyWorld where I watched my wife jostle 50-odd mothers in hour-long line ups for a picture with one of the eight princesses.
Kill me now.
Posted by: guruvious on November 25, 2004 09:18 PMI take back what I said earlier about our well-balanced, Strong Modern Woman-in-training girl:
Today at the mall, she saw Santa and this is what she told him, verbatim, what she wanted this year:
"Every princess thing in the Disney store and a bigger house to put them in."
Posted by: adamg on November 26, 2004 06:37 PM