Family Movie Night

Sunday nights in the Disney Addict household is family movie night. Which, last week, entailed me suggesting a perfectly wonderful Disney movie and my son and husband vetoing it. They are not quite the Disney fans I am.
However, my son is a mega Marvel fan, which I think counts since Disney owns it! No seriously, this child can tell you who just about every superhero and villain is. He even knows their secret identities. When we asked him for his opinion on names for his new baby brother or sister, he suggested Iron Man and Black Widow!

Anyway, last week we ended up watching Charlotte's Web, the 2006 live action version with Dakota Fanning. While I preferred the original animated movie, I thought this one was really good too. It pretty much stayed true to the original, with only a couple of things added or left out. Plus it's on Netflix, which meant no running to RedBox or trying to find somewhere online to watch it. And once my son got past the "spiders suck the blood out of flies" part, he actually sat and watched the whole movie without getting bored. And for us, that is a huge movie night success! I definitely recommend it if you're looking for something to watch with your little ones.

Tonight I think we're going to bake some cookies, pick out a movie, and try out this awesome recipe for Dole whip I saw on Pinterest. It takes a bit of time to freeze, but it's a pretty simple recipe. Can you imagine having delicious pineapple-y Dole whip whenever you want it? Yumm! If it comes out good, I'll post pictures and the recipe tomorrow!

Now I'm off the try to find the perfect movie night movie for tonight. Wish me luck!

20 Facts About Disney

So I'm sitting here thinking of topics for this post, and while trying to get some inspiration, I came across this...

Helllooo inspiration! 

But this is a Disney blog remember? So let's switch things up a little big. Since my intro post pretty much had Day 1 covered (Disney addiction=The Disney Addict just in case you didn't pick up on that), I'm going to start with Day 2.

I'm pretty sure nobody wants to read 20 boring facts about me, so here it is.

20 Facts About Disney

1. The Little Mermaid has over one million hand drawn bubbles.
2. Walt Disney did not graduate from high school.
3. The Lion King was originally supposed to be called King of the Jungle.
4. Although it is never mentioned in the movie, the Beast's name is Prince Adam.
5. Alice in Wonderland has the most songs out of any Disney movie.
6. Only 12 of Andy's toys made it to Toy Story 3.
7. Wall-E is set in the year 2805.
8. Walt Disney died from lung cancer.
9. Disney Channel's first day of programming was on April 18, 1983
10. There are 6 Elvis Presley songs used in Lilo and Stitch.
11. Cinderella's Castle in Disney World is 189 Feet tall. 
12. The voice of Mickey and Minnie were married in real life.
13. Ducktales was the first half hour animated show to be created by Disney.
14. Walt Disney played Peter Pan in a school play.
15. Ursula from the Little Mermaid was Ariel's aunt.
16. The voices of Ariel, Belle, and Pocahontas made cameos in Enchanted.
17. Dopey was originally considered to be the Sorcerer's Apprentice in Fantasia.
18. Cinderella actually loses a shoe 3 times throughout the movie.
19. Dumbo is the only title character in a Disney film that never speaks.
20. Pumbaa from the Lion King was the first character to fart in a Disney movie. 

We're All A Little Mad Here

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Nicole and I am a Disney addict.

I believe in fairies. I want to spend the night in Cinderella's castle. I cried my eyes out when Mufasa died. I can recite every line and every lyric of every song in every Disney movie made in, at least, the last 23 years. I can kick your ass in Disney Trivia.

Yes, I have a real problem.

 I am also a wife and a mother. We have an incredibly active 5 year old boy and we're expecting our second little prince or princess in May. I work full time right now, but at some point I would love to be able to be a stay at home mommy.

 Juggling work and family isn't always the easiest, so I apologize in advance if my blogging is a little scatterbrained sometimes. But hey it's my first blog! So cut me some slack here, ok? With a little faith, trust, and pixie dust hopefully this will turn into something really good!

Anyhoo, welcome to my blog! I hope you will stick around and enjoy this mish-mash of Disney, my life, and whatever else this ends up being!