Eva has become very taken with the character of Merida from the upcoming movie BRAVE. She loves seeing Merida on TV. She has a little Merida doll and the other day she said that she really wanted a Merida dress and I promised her that she could have one. There is only so long that a kid enjoys playing dress up and so I want to cultivate that especially if she is dressing up as a strong character. Eva also used her Christmas or Birthday money to buy the bow and arrows. Then she had some fun with Target practice. She’s working on her form and where to hold her hands but she is improving. Continue reading BRAVE Little Eva→
The world began its love affair with Anne Hathaway when she appeared in The Princess Diaries. I didn’t see the movie at that time but I remember seeing the commercials with Anne as Mia Thermopolis with the crazy bushy hair, wicked bushy eyebrows and looking schlumpy. Then she was transformed into this beautiful poised young woman. This was not one of those hot girl who doesn’t know she’s hot in a pony tail and glasses who gets the glasses off and suddenly everyone sees she’s hot sort of story. Well, it was, but it wasn’t shallow in that she gets the hot guy who never gave her the time of day. Her transformation gave her more confidence to continue to be the wonderful person that she already was and realize that there was someone who had been in love with her even before she blossomed into a princess. Prior to her transformation I really couldn’t see it coming because the transformation was very, very different. Crazy bushy hair straightened and glasses gone, she became more confident as she learned not to be afraid and she became the princess that she had always been inside. Continue reading Review: Princess Diaries 2 DVD Pack→
