Summer 2010 : Installment no. 5

Little girls die for The Little Mermaid like grown women die for shoes.

This particular Ariel dollbelongs to my Goddaughter, Avery …who has been The Little Mermaidfor Halloween and has had a The Little Mermaid themed birthday partyto boot. Just yesterday drollgirl and I were talking about her 3 year old niece adoring The Little Mermaid as well …so what is it? Why does Arieltrump Belleor Cinderellaor Sleeping Beautyor Jasmine? I mean, Ariel is the only one with dazzling red hairbut Jasmine has a tiger!

Admittedly, and like the little girls mentioned above, The Little Mermaidis one of my favorite Disney animated movies too. Originally released at the end of 1989, I was just at that baby sitting age of 12-13 years old and every little girl I baby sat wanted to watch it on repeat {not that I minded} as well as those Disney sing along songswhich means, you guessed it, I know every word to every song in the movie {and to most of the others too}. Yes, still. And sometimes, if you must know, I break out Part of Your World a cappella style in the shower. “Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat …wouldn’t you think my collection’s complete …wouldn’t you think I’m a girl …a girl who has …everything”. And isn’t it ironic that women’s blogs {not excluding my own} sort of epitomize that one line of the song almost perfectly? Too funny.

Happy Saturday.