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Have you heard about that new Disney movie... Frozen? If not, can I come live where you live? Because its obviously under a rock or in a cave somewhere. Regardless, its where I want to be. I am so sick and tired of all the posts about Frozen on my Facebook feed.

PEOPLE GOING THROUGH HARD TIMES ARE QUOTING OLAF. HES A SNOWMAN. 

I cant. I just cant.

Look. I love Disney. I grew up with Disney. I love the Princesses. I love their stories. I love their characters. Truly. I dont think Disney is evil or that there are subconscious anti-girl themes in their movies. I actually like the movie Frozen. I wasnt like blown away by any of it, but I enjoyed it. 

Its really some of the fans that have really ruined it for me.

Here is why: 

Its catchy. I sing it. I liked it. Itll get stuck in my head. There are covers upon covers of it. There are spoofs about it. Its everywhere. Its in every retail store where there is a kid section. Its a catchy song, but its not the best song ever. Im just over it. Its so overplayed, over-hyped, and now every time I hear it I want to take an ice pick to the eye.

Elsa is a crappy sister. Through and through. She couldnt even talk to her sister through the door after being locked up by her parents (more on that later). Im sorry, but its true. Elsa was a horrible sister. To the point that Anna was so desperate for connection that she fell for the first guy she ever met and he turned out to be a jerk. But Elsa didnt have enough of a relationship with Anna to help her see it. Lets not forget that Elsa freaking ran away to wallow in her ice castle leaving her kingdom and her SISTER to not only freeze to death but to starve, since there was no way to get food or supplies into the kingdom. 

In spite of ALL OF THIS every little girl is wearing Elsa wigs and Elsa dresses and singing Elsas song. Everyone wants an Elsa impersonator to show up at their Elsa birthday party.

No brainer here. Anna is the main character of the movie and yet no one cares about her. No one cares that she never once gave up on connecting with her jerk-tastic sister. No one cares that she traveled in the freezing cold to find her sister despite being rejected multiple times. No one cares that she ALMOST DIED trying to prove to her sister that she loved her and would be there for her despite the fact that shes different and it almost killed her. Twice. Not only that, but she cared enough about the kingdom to brave the icy conditions in hopes to thaw out the land. 

Oh, I almost forgot, she sacrificed herself for the lives of others. NBD.

Im not even going to get started on the fact that if someone is NOT talking about Elsa, they are talking about Olaf. Still no Anna. Say whaaaaat? I mean he was cute and funny but should his quotes be used by grown women going through strife in their lives? Eh. To each her own. 

This might be sad cause, you know, they died and all but Elsas parents were awful. Not only did they mess with their daughters memory but they locked their other daughter in a room. That is not good parenting. There are thousands of other ways to deal with this situation and yet they chose to give both their daughters MAJOR issues later in life. (Elsa not being able to accept who she is as a person, Anna throwing herself at the first dude that crossed her path.)



Yes, Im aware that it all ended happily and Elsa learned to accept herself and the kingdom was saved. I just wish parents would focus more on the actual messages in the movie. Accepting yourself and those who are different from you, fight for your family, fight for the lives of others, be brave and above all else, dont lock your daughter in a room.

UPDATE: My amazing husband just sent me this and I adore it. Thanks babe.

Ps. All these images are owned by Disney. I found them by searching Google using the term "Frozen". 

Back in February, I bought tickets to Disneys Frozen on Ice.  That seemed like a blue million years ago and I pretty much forgot all about it until I got the email reminder this week to print my tickets.  And today was finally the day to take the kids.  

We didnt tell them about it until this morning.  Mostly cause I didnt want them asking me for the last  240 nights how many more times they have to sleep until they get to see Frozen.  And I guess no one was talking about it at school because Lily never mentioned it.


The kids had a great time.  Even Joel and I enjoyed the show.  But I have to say that watching Lilys face was probably better than watching the show.  The whole experience gave me the Disney bug again.  You know, the one where you get the itch to spend thousands of dollars to walk around in the heat and wait in endless lines with a couple whiny kids.  Oh wait, I mean, make memories and meet Mickey.  Yeah, that bug.  Ive got it.  Must wait.  Will not take kids till they are done with naps.  Be strong.  

Anyhow, we told them this morning about an hour before it was time to leave.  Lily got all dressed up in her Elsa dress and when I was fixing her hair into an Elsa braid, Tyler comes over and tells me he wants to wear a costume.  Whoops.  Did not even think about that.  I told him he could wear his fireman costume but he didnt want that.  He wanted Spiderman - which barely fit him LAST Halloween.  No way to fit in it now.  Uhhg.  Mommy fail.  Fortunately for my guilt-meter he forgot all about wearing a costume a few minutes later and all was good. Whew.  Bullet dodged.

We flew out the door and made a pit stop at Crackerbarrel for some pancakes.  Then off to the show.

We got to our seats about 5 minutes ahead of show time which was perfect.  Any more and I think I would have gone nuts with telling Lily to be patient for just a few more minutes.  She wanted to see Elsa NOW.

Our seats were perfect.  We were close enough that we could see the characters faces but up high enough to see the whole arena at a glance.  And no one was immediately in front of us - we had a completely unobstructed view.  

The opening number was of lots of Disney characters - but none from Frozen.  Lily looked INCREDIBLY disappointed.  Wheres Elsa?  Wheres Anna??  Mommy??!  Where are they?!?!?  Relax child.  Theyll be here soon.

We bumped in to "Elsa" on the way out.  Lily looks up at me and asks if she can give Elsa a hug.  I said, "Of course!" and she practically mows some people down trying to make her way through the crowd to hug Elsa (aka some random woman dressed up in an Elsa costume hugging children outside the arena...standing next to two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles....with a tip bucket in front of them....thats not weird at all...).

I think I teared up at least 4 times during the show.  1) Lily was freakin cute singing those songs and watching Tyler clap and smile was priceless and 2) I just kept feeling grateful that we can afford to give our kids these memories and that we were taking the time to do it all together as a family.  When we were at Crackbarrel, a waitress came up to say hi to our Elsa and comment on her beauty.  She was talking about how she remembers getting to see Smurfs on Ice as a kid and how memorable that was her.  Then somehow it becomes clear that she has a daughter but will not be taking her to the show.  It wasnt like a "poor, poor pitiful me" kind of conversation but I just felt so sorry for that woman who had fond memories of Ice Capades but couldnt give that same gift to her daughter.  

We are so lucky.