
Most assuredly, not Cinderella
I shuffled through the remaining Valentines and offered her one that didn't have a name written on it. (The mother of the little girl that brought the Valentines wisely sent some blank ones in case there were any visitors.) When I handed her a different Valentine with a beautiful, smiling princess on it, she told me with shock and despair in her voice, "No...that one's Sleeping Beauty..."
The audible shock and despair in her voice probably stemmed from her concern that there was not a Cinderella valentine left...
...or, maybe, because she realized at that very moment that I was, obviously, not qualified to teach a class full of 3 year olds...
... yeah, I am thinking it was probably the latter...at that moment she was most likely thinking that I could no longer be trusted...and that it was reckless of the church leadership to leave her in the hands of someone of such questionable judgement...


You have to admit, they look a lot alike...oh, just agree with me so I'll feel better...I now remember that Sleeping Beauty is in the pink dress and Cinderella is in the blue.
Yeah, still not Cinderella
I frantically shuffled through the remaining Valentines again and passed over two unaddressed Snow Whites (I knew Snow White was a brunette with a 1940's hairstyle, at least) and offered her the other pretty blonde princess valentine that was addressed, "To: Sister Marshman". The look of concern on her pretty face vanished and she smiled happily and exclaimed gleefully, "Yeah, that one's Cinderella!!" Luckily, she didn't seem to mind that that Valentine was addressed to me.
So, I didn't get a Cinderella Valentine...but I was at peace with that.
I confessed my princess faux pas, and why her daughter had two Valentines to her mother when she came to pick her little girl up from class. Upon hearing the whole story, her mother said with feigned dismay, "You need to attend Princess Rehab!!"
I even had several mothers offer to lend me some Disney movies as part of an outpatient princess rehabilitation program.
So, I guess being a mom of 4 sons has left me a bit unpolished in my knowledge of princesses...
...but if you need to know anything about a super hero that was bitten by a radio-active spider, or one that has a sidekick that prefaces each sentence with the word, "Holy!!", or one that has long metal spikes coming out of the back of his hands and some serious mutton chops, or one that wears tights and a cape...
...if you need to know about any of those superheroes...
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...then, I'm your girl.
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20 comments:
Watch out.... Sleeping Beauty also has a blue dress. But Sleeping Beauty always has her 'yellow' hair down as Cinderella usually has hers up. Being a mom of 3 I've got these princesses down!!!
Hilarious story, lady!!!
I can make you some flashcards if you want. :)
This story is very amusing to me! It is easy to get all the blonde princesses confused :-)
All you need to do is come visit me and K will set you straight!
Ha! I was coming to say exactly what Aleasha said. I was thrown recently when Q schooled me in the updated fashion of the Beauty. A different color dress? How can this be?
We might have to exchange lessons. I'm afraid little J even knows more about princesses than you do. He probably needs a few lessons in superhero culture.
Had you any girls, there would be no confusion. Sadly, I know who all the princesses and super heroes are. I need mom rehab to help me when they're all grown up.
Very funny story.
Hahaha. Oh, Lauren you are the best! That's it! It's time for you to take a vacation & come spend a week at our princess castle! Okay, mostly I would just want you all to myself because you have such a great sense of humor about life. I so wish you could've been my sister! That said, don't feel bad in any way because I am just as clueless on the other side. I would need a complete education if we were ever to have a son.
Fact, I just asked a lady at the store if a picture of Iron Man was a transformer. She looked at me as if I was a Mom from another planet & said, "That's Iron Man." Well my best friend now has two boys & I feel utterly triumphant simply that I can recognize & have learned the difference between "Bumblebee" & "Optimus Prime."
I am in trouble...and I like the flashcard idea! Why can't they all have an obvious identifying feature like fins instead of legs?!
This is abominable. I can't believe you don't know the princesses. Were you never a little girl? I was going to tell you too that Sleeping Beauty sometimes has a blue dress. And she has 3 names- Aurora, Briar Rose, and then you are forgetting the Lesser Princesses- Esmerelda, Jasmine, Giselle, Anastasia, Tangled girl (Repunzel), the black one from the New Orleans movie... Princess Rehab is in order.
In your defense, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty both have yellow hair.
And even though I have one daughter amoungst my sons, she has required me to learn more about dropped third strikes and overhanded serving and point guarding than princesses...(:
Lauren! I love you!! :)
I suppose that is one benefit to having both girls and a boy- you get to learn the princesses, the villians, and the heroes that save them.
And the imaginative play is so much more creative- Batman can ride a flying My Little Pony and team up with Yoda to rescue polly pocket Cinderella from a band of renagade plastic army men who have locked her in Lightening McQueen's trailer. Later they will join Strawberry Shortcake and Buzz Lightyear for a tea party and Hot Wheels rally.
The only princess my 2 yr old knows right now is Ariel, and only because she was chased by a fascinatingly scary shark. But she knows Batman and Thomas the train.
I think my house will be opposite of your with 3 girls. We will see how it goes as I grew up with 6 brothers.
I've always been a Snow White girl myself. Clearly there should be a Princess Priorities class offered during the 3rd hour.
LOL! I am in love with this post. We have gotten the princess love in a bad way at our house. Just try identifying them all when they are silly bands. It's horrific. Does this one have a Cinderella shape or a Belle shape. Blah!! Sometimes I wonder how much my kids would know if I were dedicated. The boys can list all the superheros, the girls princesses....why can't they have that excitement for states and state capitals? Good luck with princess reform school!
Transformers, Robots in disquise. Transformers, more than meets the eyes.
Autobots wage a battle to destory the evil forces of...
the Decepticons!
Spider-man, Spider-man.
Does whatever a spider can.
Spins a web, any size,
catches theives just like flies. Look out!
Here comes the Spider-man.
Moms of Boys Rule! :)
But I do know the princesses too, since I was a girl once and I do have neices. I can also tell you about Care Bears. Just don't ask about My Little Pony or Polly Pocket.
That is so funny. I've got my princesses down but I will for sure need some help in the super hero department. I'm a little rusty.
Stupid blonde princesses all run together. Don't they know there's a war going on? Brunettes rule.
That's the reality with having all boys in the family. You tend to be confused with all these princesses.:-) But, I bet you're very knowledgeable when it comes to boys action heroes.:-)
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