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I’ve been savoring the slow introductions…

November 19, 2010 by Susan

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As I waited and waited for over three years to become pregnant, I imagined many moments with my children. But as a not-yet-mom, I didn’t even know how many enchanted moments were to come as I introduced my girls to beloved, magical characters.

Julia and Sophia dressed as TinkerbellsI’ve been taking it slowly and enjoying the drawn out love that my girls lavish upon their new favorite friends.

For the last couple of months, we’ve been all about Tinkerbell. My girls love all things princess and pretty, but I was extra delighted when they fell in love with Tinkerbell as I think she’s a cute and clever character worthy of my girls’ adoration.

My five year old Julia has always been extremely sensitive to any “scary” scenes in movies, so the latest Tinkerbell movie was one of the first movies that I’ve bought for her.

Because of Julia’s extreme sensitivity to any movie scene with a “bad guy”, I’m careful to watch previews closely and ensure it’s safe for her to see.

With all the recent talk of the release of Toy Story 3 on DVD, I decided to watch some previews and clips on YouTube. Now I’m excited! It looks like such a fun movie and I think my girls will fall in love with the characters.

But as we all know, when kids fall in love with magical characters on screen, they then fall in love with toys that must be brought to life magically with the power of BATTERIES!!!

Yes… again, it all comes back to batteries.

Kids + Toys = Lots of Batteries

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Video Clip Fun

Thinking about the joy that Disney’s magical characters bring to my children, I replayed this fun video of Janice and I with our girls at Walt Disney World.

And since we’re talking about Toy Story, here’s a video where Janice and I meet Mr. Potato Head in person and hang out in Andy’s room on the set of Toy Story The Musical.

You can watch more of our Disney videos at Walt Disney World and on board a Disney Cruise

So Tell Us…

Have your kids seen Toy Story 3 yet? What are their favorite Disney characters? Do you go through a ton of batteries for their toys?

Written by Susan, co-founder of the Mom Blog, 5 Minutes for Mom
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16 Comments

  1. Unfinished Kitchen Cabinets says

    January 18, 2011 at 10:29 am

    Great article with a lot of useful tips. Just need time! Thanks
    -Mark

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  2. Layla says

    November 24, 2010 at 1:49 pm

    FYI–My 4 yr old son was absolutely terrified during TS3 and will not watch it again. He watches The Lion King, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Nemo, Little Mermaid with no problem and those have villains too. But after seeing Lotso, he had nightmares and refuses to watch again.

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  3. Stephanie says

    November 23, 2010 at 4:19 pm

    We watch about 1 movie every 6 months (really) so…needless to say, we haven’t seen Toy Story 3 yet.

    But I’d like to! 🙂

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  4. ruzcarmen di romo says

    November 23, 2010 at 12:54 am

    Hi there! I’ve just gotten across your fantastic website and cannot seem to get enough! I love, love, love everything in here. This is a really cool place to be. How’d they say it? May your tribe increase? Or something to that effect. This is just cool!

    Reply
  5. SassyModernMom says

    November 22, 2010 at 6:15 pm

    I’m a Mama to 2 girls, one who is 9 and not only sensitive to the bad guys but not a fan of 3D! Have not seen Toy Story 3 yet, or Tangled which looks really cute, but they are on the must try list!

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    • Susan says

      November 22, 2010 at 9:58 pm

      Oh yes, I imagine 3D must be rather shocking for little ones.

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  6. Amber Strocel says

    November 19, 2010 at 8:14 pm

    We’ve seen Toy Story 3. Unfortunately, my 5-year-old DID find if fairly scary. There is a shrieking monkey that freaks her out. But my 2-year-old loves the movie, and isn’t at all put out. So, you know, my daughter’s experience isn’t universal.

    Right now, we’re all about the Tinkerbell, too. My son also likes Tinkerbell. At 2, anything his big sister likes is cool, including Tink.

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    • Susan says

      November 22, 2010 at 10:00 pm

      Thanks so much for the warning… It really does depend on the child. I think I’ll wait a little longer for Julia.

      I love the way the little ones look up to their big sisters and love all that they do. So sweet.

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  7. Ali says

    November 19, 2010 at 7:28 pm

    Thanks for coming by my blog today! Lightroom is SO addicting!! You can take a photo that didn’t turn out too good, and turn it into something beautiful.

    My kids haven’t seen TS3 yet. We are patiently waiting for our turn for Netflix to send us a copy. 🙂 Our neighbors next door saw it at the movie theater when it was out, and their little girl came home crying because she said it was too sad. That just made me more curious to watch it. Did it make your kids sad at all?

    As for Tinkerbell…my girls think that her skirt is too short. So we don’t do Tinkerbell around our house. Kids can be so funny about things like that! But the battery issue..BOY do we ever go through them!

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    • Susan says

      November 22, 2010 at 10:01 pm

      Very interesting about your girls pointing out that her skirt is too short… it definitely is and that’s impressive that your daughters are the ones who pointed that out.

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  8. Jen says

    November 19, 2010 at 6:08 pm

    Both my 6yo and 4yo found TS3 very scary. Just FYI

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    • Susan says

      November 22, 2010 at 10:02 pm

      Thanks so much for the heads up… I’m going to wait a while for Julia. We’ll have a great stack of movies for her to watch one day when she’s a little older.

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  9. Lucinda says

    November 19, 2010 at 5:16 pm

    My 6yo daughter has a new favorite character. She loves Rapunzel from Disney’s Tangled. Rapunzel and my Hannah have the same color hair (Hannah’s is much shorter tho), freckles and they’re both artists.

    We love the new Tink movie! I worried it might be too girly for my 3yo son, but he likes it too!

    The bigger kids go through the batteries more so than the younger two. And they use plenty!

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    • Susan says

      November 19, 2010 at 5:22 pm

      The Tangled movie look so cute. I think it’ll be a bit advanced for my Julia as it would likely have scenes that would scare her… but one day she’ll love it.

      Julia is so sensitive that twice she’s been out on a playdate and a movie has been on the TV (with kids much younger than her watching it), but then at bedtime she cries that she can’t sleep because she’s scared of something she saw in the movie. I actually don’t even know which movies they were, because she doesn’t know and I wasn’t there. But both times the movies were likely very child-friendly, it’s just she can’t handle any “bad guy” scenes.

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  10. Lauren says

    November 19, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    My kids loved TS3, but as a warning, my six-year-old was scared to death of Lotso. She was SCREAMING during the movie when he was being mean to Buzz. Thankfully, she met Lotso at Disney World this week and has changed her opinion. She decided that Lotso must be mean only to toys. 🙂 Anyway, you may want to watch the movie first just to be sure it won’t be too scary!

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    • Susan says

      November 19, 2010 at 5:08 pm

      Thanks so much Lauren! I will definitely watch it first.

      I love the latest Tinkerbell movie because it doesn’t have any “bad guys”. They have a challenge to overcome and they work together as a team to do that, but it’s not the usual fight of good vs evil.

      Reply

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