Nationwide snowstorms provide the perfect opportunity for 'Frozen' dress up
Little girls are tapping into their inner princess
Little girls are tapping into their inner princess
For adults, snowstorms mean nothing but headache. Cars buried in snow, roads unsafe to drive, making sure the family is well-taken care of. But for children, they're a stroke of luck. They are magical days where school is often not on the schedule, which gives them time to let their imaginations run wild.
They build things out of snow, go sledding, have snowball fights — but some little girls use it as a time to make their Disney princess dreams a reality.
In 2014, Disney reported that they sold over 3 million costumes of Anna and Elsa from the movie "Frozen" in less than a year. And if you think they were shelved after Halloween, think again. Kids who love "Frozen" will make sure they find a multitude of reasons to dress up like Anna or Elsa, whether it's a birthday party, a sing-a-long in the family room or, best of all, a snow storm.
A few of our viewers took that last one to heart recently, and shared with us their kids doing their best Princess Elsa cosplay during some of the recent snowy days.
"She said Elsa came when she woke up to the snow. [She was] maybe even more excited than she was for Santa," said Weslee Anderson, whose 2-year-old daughter, Emmalee, doesn't get to see snow that often in Piedmont, South Carolina.
Weslee says it was Emmalee's idea to dash outside in the snow in her Princess Elsa costume, which was a hand-me-down from her older cousin Brice.
One of the reasons Emmalee loves Elsa so much is that they have the same white hair and according to her mother, "will often improvise by making blankets or anything she can find to make a train drag behind her like Elsa has on her dress."
Not too far from the Andersons in Yadkinville, North Carolina, four-year-old Darcy got the same idea.
"She loves princesses so much, she had a princess themed 4th birthday party and at the party Elsa showed up! So she met Elsa personally," said Darcy's mom, Karen Caldarella.
When you combine Darcy's love for Princess Elsa and her love for snow, you get pure magic that Karen was quick enough to capture.
"She was even pointing at things pretending to turn them to ice like Elsa," said Karen.
Another young lady embracing her inner ice princess was five-year-old Annalyse in Picayune, Mississippi.
"Every little girl deserves to feel like a real princess at least once in their life, and when I took those photos it’s like she actually became the princess she looks up to so much and aspires to be," says Annalyse's mom, Monica Cauthen.
"I think she loves Elsa so much because of her beautiful singing voice, but also because, in her own way, she sees a lot of herself in Elsa. Her favorite part of the movie is when Elsa runs away and into the mountains because its there where she finally feels free to be herself and she is happy."
"The idea for these photos came to me out of no where. I had a house to clean and dishes to do, but I said to myself, 'it can wait.' This is an opportunity to create a lasting memory with my daughter and I’m going to do it. I took these the photos of my daughter to show her she is just as amazing and beautiful as the Disney princesses she looks up to so much."
Monica reminds us how important it is for us to slow down and create memories with our loved ones. For her, this photo wasn't just about a princess, it was about something greater.
"I lost my aunt in March of 2017 unexpectedly to cancer. I regret not seeing her more or visiting more, and not taking enough pictures of my aunt or my family. We get caught up in life and it’s like time, moments, opportunities just pass us by and we never notice."
"I shared it so much online not only because I surprised myself with how amazing they turned out, but also to inspire other moms and young girls out there to take advantage of moments and opportunities to show your daughters the magic of who they are and how wonderful they are."