Falling for Rapunzel

Things have changed so much since I was in school. There are no more floppy disks and computer time is more then just playing Oregon Trail and coming up with funny things to write on the head stones. Christmas break is now a Winter Holiday and for Halloween, you don't dress up and have a parade. I actually enjoyed not having my kids traumatized by the gory costumes that some people think are appropriate to put on their kids, but was sad that Mia didn't get to have the fun of dressing up.

Luckily, for Fiesta week, they let the kids dress up as their favorite character in a book. This was more difficult then I had thought. Mia wanted to wear the Rainbow Brite costume that used to be mine when I was younger, but we couldn't find a book. Then she thought she would be Lucy from Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Upon closer inspection of the book, Lucy doesn't get to wear a pretty princess looking dress. In fact, in our addition, she is still wearing her frumpy school uniform.

Right before we had to go to school, we stumbled upon the solution that we happened to grab from the library earlier the previous week. Falling for Rapunzel is a funny take on the traditional story. The Prince hears Rapunzel in distress and attempts to rescue her. Instead of being trapped in the tower waiting for the prince to rescue her, Rapunzel is merely bothered at her unruly hair. The Prince yells up various wordings of the same idea of "letting down her hair". They made it more kid friendly in this adaptation, but the humor is a bit risque. For example, the hair is mistaken for underwear which is promptly thrown down. Just a warning, but it is a funny read.

Here was our take of Mia looking like someone from the story.



I tried to do a french braid crown around Mia's head and ended up a little avant-garde. My mom used to do it in my hair all the time. Just one more thing that I can add to my "My mom is amazing" list.