I have a princess... and a knight

In what was probably our penultimate trip to Disneyland yesterday, E (completely of her own accord) asked for a 'princess dress'. "Me, pin-ceh dheh", all the while tugging at her own shirt to try to get it off.

We've managed a whole year of not buying any Disney merchandise, so I gave in and allowed J and E one buy each yesterday.

So E picked out a Cinderella gown, replete with poofy sleeves, a glittery bodice and a poofy organza skirt. It cost US$65! Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), there was only one piece left and it had a bit of thread (glittery, of course) coming off already, so we had to look for an alternative. She passed on the Jasmine and Snow White princess gowns, and eventually settled on this pared-down (cheaper!) Belle gown.

We tried it on for size while still in the shop and I couldn't get it off after that. I had to put her on the cashier counter for the man to scan the price tag. She would only deign to take it off when she wanted to be unencumbered while playing with J's buy, a Disney racer track.

Once she has her princess dress on, she loves twirling and twirling around to get the full poofy skirt effect. I don't know where she gets it from - I hated all things frilly when I was young.

On a sidenote, J says he'll be the knight to mei-mei's princess and will rescue her from the dragon.