Above is my granddaughter sitting in the basement TV room of my daughter's house watching TV. She has self-dressed this morning in a black velvet and red-silk Christmas dress with a "diamond" clipped waist bow. Since it is winter, she has on leggings with orange stripes and her favorite pink-colored socks. She reminds me of Pippi Longstalking in this funky outfit with a polka dot headband for some more bling. She will not let anyone touch her hair and wears pigtails only to school. The rest of the time it must flow with tangled abandon. One of her favorite movies is Tangled...surprise, surprise.
Here she sits watching the 1930 movie version of A Christmas Carol with Reginald Owen. I think she is enthralled because the ghost of Christmas past looks a little like the Good Witch in the Wizard of Oz and she is also very much into that tale right now. She was Dorothy from Oz at Halloween. She followed this entire movie without break.
I am fascinated that such a classic in black and white and without special effects can hold the interest of a three-year-old in 2010. It seems a clean story told simply and with universal themes to an un-jaded mind can hold its own and becomes a classic! What do you think?
I think it's very cool that she's willing to watch this (and I thought 'Pippi Longstocking' as soon as I saw the picture!). I tried to get my 6-year-old granddaughter to watch an old Shirley Temple movie the other night (Poor Little Rich Girl). She's usually all about Shirley, but she couldn't get past the black and white.
ReplyDeleteLooks like your Pippi has the imagination to supply the missing color.
I think she's absolutely adorable. There's enough colour on her precious little body to make up for what the movie might lack. I suspect there's even more colour to her imagination. Darling!
ReplyDeleteWow---that's neat, Tabor. I think it's GREAT that a 3-yr. old would watch some of the old classics... WOW---terrific!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a precious granddaughter... I know you are a proud Grandma...
Why the gate/fence??? Keeping something out of something ---maybe a pet?????
Hugs,
Betsy
She's just a very smart girl.
ReplyDeleteShe takes after her grandmother, I'm thinking! Lots of imagination. What a cutie, and I love her outfit.
ReplyDeleteA good story, well-told can hold anyone's attention, no matter how old!
ReplyDeleteShe looks adorable. My girls have dressed similarly in the past. I love her hair!
It is refreshing that she does not need all of that shock and awe that inundates the movies these days. That in itself is an indication that she has an outstanding mindset about her.
ReplyDeleteKudos to her! What a little lady with her legs crossed just so. That hair - my god - that hair! Beautiful!
Tabor, she is beautiful. I understand their style. My little ones have their own also.
ReplyDeleteMakes us smile. They are so independent at an early age.
What a wonderful outfit. I do so love the clothes that are available for children nowadays, and I think it's great that children are allowed to choose what to wear. (A pleasure withheld from me till I was into my teens - no wonder my clothes sense is awful.)
ReplyDeleteShe is so cute. My little neighbor dresses a lot like that, but she loves to have her hair fixed. When I was that age, I had no idea about style, and certainly didn't pick my own outfits.
ReplyDeleteMy kinda girl. I wish I had that hair. I like everything about this post: the movie, the captivated child, the clothes, all caught in one good photo worth a million words.
ReplyDeleteShows she has a very active imagination! What a great movie and she's getting in all it has to offer. Lovely outfit she picked for herself, she doesn't need anymore color!
ReplyDeleteGive me the classics anytime.
Watching A Christmas Carol at her age woke me up to spirit. I'm not familiar with the one she is watching though. The one I grew up with was the 1951 one.
ReplyDeleteI wish I was as cool a dresser as your granddaughter.
Some of my memories are in black and white no matter how hard I try to "color" them! I think its because the photos that remain of that time are all in black and white. I love the black and white movies and I remember when my parents had a colored insert that you could put over the TV screen to make it seem colored. It quickly found it's home in the garbage. Your Pippi is a delight...and clearly a child who will be stylin' for years to come. It is thrilling to me that our youngsters are empowered to define themselves.
ReplyDeleteThat child has a future! :)
ReplyDeleteAs for your question - I think simplicity combined with imagination is enough for children, but they have so much at their fingertips (ironic, as I use my fingertips this very moment on this great piece of equipment), that they think they need more. Great that your granddaughter is independent...I think. :) Time will tell...or her parents.