little miss rapunzel

Our copy of Tangled arrived in the mail yesterday. So when I got home (a little while after the rest of the family), little Butterfly had found and put on a beautiful purple dress-up dress, surprisingly similar to rapunzel, and was cuddling daddy as they watched the movie. She begged to wear the dress to bed but finally relented when we promised she could wear it tomorrow.

So today, she has worn the dress all day, watched the movie twice more and using a Belle pez candy dispenser as her paintbrush, pretended to paint the walls and mantle around the fireplace. Our cousin came over this evening and upon hearing his knock, she cried "its Eugene!" and has fawned over him ever since. She used her "paintbrush" to draw pictures across his arms and back and insisted he do the same to her. She smooths her hair, declaring it magic and cut like rapunzel. Daddy teased her, explaining her hair was magic because of the way her tiny curls bounce when you pull on the end. She giggled and joined in a chorus of "sproing! sproing!"

Meanwhile, little Ladybug's favorite part of the movie is the horse. But she spends most of the movie cuddling daddy or bouncing off the walls, playing with her toys. As "little miss mimick", she follows her sister around, copying her dancing, pretend painting and other antics. But all of this is done with a serious impish streak, teasing and pushing the limits whenever she can. She pushes and tugs on her sister, intentionally and mischievously trying to annoy her. She defies me, grinning as she runs away from my guidance and then returning close to tease and test me. But every once in awhile, she settles down long enough to cuddle daddy. And if we are really lucky, she will offer sweet little kisses, often reaching out to hold and position my face for her quick and delicate kiss.

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