Avengers Assemble...To color

So last night the hockey nerd and I were fortunate enough to attend an advanced screening of the Avengers: Age of Ultron.  Trust me so much more on that coming. 

But for now let me mention that my two little people are TICKED OFF that they did not get to come with.  Because you know we all love our superheroes.

Rest assured we are taking them on Saturday as soon as Super E's schedule permitted. Cause you know she's busy saving the world with cuteness.  Also known as voice lessons and singing at a local car show Friday night and Saturday morning.  Totally the same thing right?

In the meantime to soften the blow we had these awesome printable color sheets to help them bide their time. 

You can print them off for your own Avengers to color right here.  

Have I mentioned May 1st is just right around the corner? Who else is on the countdown.  The Age of Ultron is almost upon us. 

The Superfication Of Miss E.

That's a word right?  Superfication?  If not it should be. 

It was only a matter of time before it happened. Even with E's most recent obsession with the breathtaking spectacular that is Cinderella and the added bonus of a brand spanking new Frozen adventure... it happened.

 

May I introduce you to Super E.

 

 

 

I picked my girl up from school only to find out she now has her own alter ego.

 

Her reveal  started out the same as any of our afternoon conversations begin...
 

Me: "How was school? What did you do today?"

E: "I made a cape today. I need a glue stick to finish it "

Me: "awesome!"

E: "I have sidekicks"

Me: you have what?


E: "sidekicks.  You know you can't be a superhero without sidekicks"

 

 

 

 

Through the course of the conversation it was revealed that she is now Super E, she makes her own costumes and the capes of her sidekicks.  So she's super and crafty.  Trust me when I tell you she's crafty, this girl has had an artistic bent for as long as she's been able to reflect that crafty side.

 

Her super power is flying  and she stands for "hugs, cuteness and the protection of animals" and I for one feel much safer knowing she's around. 

 

 

My Princess loving girl has also discovered her superhero side.  I love seeing her play and create and be who she wants to be without worrying what anyone else thinks. 
  

Do you have a super side? If it was just as easy as making a cape and finding sidekicks, what would your super power be? 

Mini Adventures: Marvel is not just for boys

So its not terribly surprising that Marvel is spoken here as a family.  Even my princess loving mini is becoming fluent. 

Mini can recognize the logos of all of the Avengers and can tell you my favorites and why. She can talk Spidey with her brother and her Daddy, knows Thor and Loki.  Right now she has a fascination of all things Rocket.  I think right now it's mostly the cute factor more than anything else but you know, that's ok too.

In the midst of all of her puppy, kitty, American Girl dolls and princess pictures she recently added two pictures of Star- Lord and Rocket to her room.  The girl is developing her own interests and I'm letting her pick and choose.  Obviously within reason.

During our "big summer blowout" Disney/Star Wars Weekends/Universal trip she picked out her first Marvel shirt.   She thought it was cute and well, she's six.  

E decided to wear her Marvel shirt today with leggings and a sparkle athletic gunmetal skirt. it was the perfect E outfit, sparkly and cute with the right amount of spunk.  She couldn't get more girly today if she tried.   

Well, apparently she could. Tonight at dinner Mini announced that she was wearing a boys shirt.  I said, no...remember we bought it in the girls section and it's talking about boys. She looked at me and said "No, Mommy...girls don't wear superhero shirts.  Only boys do."  After assuring her that girls can and do wear superhero shirts, she finally told me that some of her friends told her she was wearing a boys shirt and it embarrassed her.  It bothered her enough that she even told her big brother about it and he was talking to me about it too.

I want mini to be proud of her choices.  I don't want her to feel like because she's a girl she can't like Marvel, or Star Wars, or whatever. If she wants to be a princess superhero so be it.  She is the only one who can decide that.