Last week when we were there and standing in line for the Peter Pan ride a family of four directly in front of us caught our attention.
Now let me explain before telling you why they caught our attention...many people take their little Disney princess dress ups to Disneyland and let their girls wear them all day. Others drop some mucho cash to buy a gown there and have the little girl made over with too much hairspray, make up and glitter. To each their own right? I know that's not my cup of tea, but whatever.
So...this little family of four caught our attention because their two little girls were dressed up as Cinderella. What's so odd about that? Well, the younger of the two girls was dressed like this:
The "rags" Cinderella.The older daughter was dressed in this:
Complete with a tight hair sprayed bun, glitter galore, full make up (we're talking "cake face" thick), gloves, etc.Seriously?!!
I so wanted to make like the Fairy Godmother and get my "bippity-boppity-boo" on and make the younger one look dazzling too.
Now you tell me...would you dress your girls up like that or would this be the time to let both be the "beautiful" Cinderella?
15 people are bringing SEXY back:
I myself wouldn't make that choice for my daughters, but if I had had the choice when I was young, I would have chosen the rags Cinderella because I hated anything frilly, or sparkly, or girlie! So, just maybe the younger daughter chose the rags...
Dressing up at home is fine, but venturing out like that? I don't think so.
Living 30 min. away from Disneyland, we get to go all the time and we have seen all sorts. My daughter (almost 6) has never expressed any interest in the Princess area -- I think we went once for a story time. My girl just isn't into dress-up, but I know some girls who are crazy for it. Maybe those parents have two girls with different tastes and if they traveled a distance to give their girls a Disney experience, then a Princess make-over might be their thing!
Who knows, maybe the younger chose it so she could be different. My comment really has to do with one of the books you're reading. :) The Potato Peel Pie Society! LOVED it!!! Hope you are too.
Seriously?! That blows me away. That's like dressing one as the ugly step-sister. Geesh. I would definitely let both be the beautiful cinderella, hello. But I wouldn't have them dress up at a theme park. I can't even imagine that being comfortable at all.
I guess you had to be there because that was the strangest thing ever. WEIRD
let me explain...it wasn't weird to me that they chose to dress their girls up...like I said it's not my cup of tea but if they want to do that then cool. Wha was disturbing to me was that one would be the rags cinderella and the other one the princess cinderella. As a mom of two girls I'm pretty sure they would notice that. I know in this situation I would just put them both in the princess cinderella outfit and called it good.
Very, very wierd. This is coming from someone who had to rotate her twins clothes so that one never always had the cuter/newer/less stained stuff. :)
I'm picturing them on a talk show in about 15 years...
yeah, that wouldn't fly in my home!
I don't think I would dress my daughter up. Whenever I have seen little girls like that at Disneyland, they look terrible, not cute. And the dress is usually stained with some type of red something that will never come out. But I am sure my daughter will want to do that whole scene so bad. And her daddy will be the biggest marshmallow and totally fold.
oh dear! that's awful for poor rags cinderella, unless she wanted to be that way...which i can't imagine after seeing sister as beautiful cinderella! i don't have kids yet but i'm sure my future daughters would want to dress up at Disneyland and make it a horrible experience for everyone with the whining of not being comfortable and the dress being itchy.
Equality isn't about being the same. It is about having the same opportunity. What if the little girls chose their costume for disney land? Some parents don't choose everything for their children. Some little girls prefer less glam. Props to the parents for allowing their children to dream and pretend and be okay with being different. When we took our family to Disney Land one of our daughters asked if she could dress up. I told her no, she would be hot and messy. Our entire day all day she wanted was to be in a princess dress. Finally, we paid way to much $ for a dress and it made her day! She put it on right there, over her clothes, and loved it! I wish I would have let her dream to begin with. On the other hand, her sister didn't want a dress at all. I wonder what people were saying about me that day? I guess all that really matters is that my family had a great day! Want to know my mommy secret? When my daughter asked that morning if she could dress up I said no with some really good excuses, but the truth is that dressing up wasn't my cup of tea either, but it was my little girl's cup of tea. How selfish of me! She's only little once. Lesson learned for this mommy.
Anonymous - you make a very good point and one that I totally agree with.
The thing is I wasn't writing this post about the dressing up. Like I said it's not my cup of tea but if my girls asked I would let them and of course bring another change of clothes for them if they got sick of wearing it.
My point to this whole post was the fact that one was dressed up in rags (she clearly wasn't of the age to choose whether or not she wanted to wear that or not). I felt bad for the little girl. Why can't she be dressed up like her sister?
I'm sure no one thinks anything if one of your girls dresses up and the other one doesn't. That would be a different scenario...at least in my mind. One of my girls would probably love to wear their princess dress ups to Disneyland and the other would think she wanted to for about the first ten minutes and then beg to take it off.
What I was trying to say was that I personally thought it was odd that the littlest of the two girls I saw 1)didn't look comfortable and kept pulling at her rags costume and 2)I felt bad for her not being able to be the pretty cinderella.
I'm guessing the mom thought it a great idea to show both types cinderellas from the movie...but I know I would've just had both girls dress up.
Whatever the case it struck me as odd, the people we were there with and others in line.
What you said about having your girls dress up because it might be their cup of tea is very valid and something I would do. If my girls want to do that and it would make it a better experience for them then yeah sure I'd let them (without the makeup and hair sprayed curls because it's so expensive to do that and I don't like having my girls wear make up that young).
Anyway...hope you get what I was trying to say.
Being a frequent guest at Disneyland it is actually VERY COMMON for little girls to dress up as Princesses and little boys to dress up as Pirates or other creative Disney characters. I think it is the one place it is totally acceptable to dress up at. My daughter loved to dress up at home and had tons of the little dresses (although I NEVER bought them their, got the cheaper version at WalMart) but refused to wear them out ....didn't want to draw attention to herself...to each their own. BUT I do find it odd that the younger daughter was dressed in the rags because 9 out 10 times the younger sister wants to look just like her older sister....I am an older sister and I remember those days oh to well. So yeah, I would have found it odd too.
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