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Nutcracker Prince

Nutcracker Prince

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All these stories that take the genius of looking through the eyes of a toy (Toy Story, Pinocchio, The Nutcracker Prince, Babes in Toyland), are fun for me.  Have you ever seen a kid (like Sid from Toy Story) be a little too rough with their toys and cringe? What drew me to The Nutcracker Prince when I was a little girl, was the romance of the story of a girl who helps the Prince defeat the evil rat and…

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Listen Here, Little Red

Listen Here, Little Red

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Why is it, so often in these stories that the woods symbolize something evil and scary?  Why does the wolf have to be the bad guy?  How many of you out there have ever dressed up as Little Red for Halloween? I think we should swap it up this morning.  Let’s say we take Little Red and have her skipping down the path to her mother’s friend’s house because her mother has sent her there with a basket full of…

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