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Alexis picked out the red extension because she wanted to look like Ariel with her mermaid dress on.
That scab on the side of her face is from her pirate tattoo. She kept picking at it till it came off which resulted in a scab as well.
I guess everyone was making a face at one point in time.
I guess this must’ve hurt a bit.
Abby does love to get her nails painted.
The pain of beauty.
Claire picked her hair color too. How ironic that it is the same as Alexis. Now for months before we traveled, Claire and I would take walks and during our walks we would talk about the trip. She had decided she was going to do a different hairstyle this time, the Pop princess. The one with the funky spikey colorful hair. I really don’t care which style she chooses because this is for her and I want her to be happy and have a good experience. So when she chose this style I did intervene a bit. I just wanted to be sure since she had talked about the other style for so long. But she insisted this is what she wanted and I said ok.
Paige gave Claire a few choices on how to wear her hair piece.
They settled for on top of the head.
Abby is still allowing them to work on her. For some reason they had issues with making her bun and it was redone a few times to get it right.
This jewel didn’t last long at all. I am pretty sure she picked it off not long afterwards. I don’t blame her. It would drive me nuts too.
Checking to see if her nails are dry. Abby does love to get her nails painted.
Alexis is making progress.
Still working on Abby’s bun.
Claire swore her choice of red had nothing to do with Alexis at all. She wanted to look like Merida.
Well look who is done. Alexis is waiting for some pixie dust.
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That's quite a long process, especially for a little one like Abby, who normally doesn't even like her hair brushed! The girls all did very well and are turning into beautiful princesses.
That's quite a long process, especially for a little one like Abby, who normally doesn't even like her hair brushed! The girls all did very well and are turning into beautiful princesses.
I t can be. I think on average it can be 30-40 minutes. I don't think Abby ever sits stil lthat long normally.
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Wow, you certainly get your value for many from Photopass if you do the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique - I can't believe how many shots there are.
Yes. When doing BBB, photopass is so worth it. They do take a lot of pictures. I always tell them too that I have prepurchased the CD so they tend to take more since they know that.
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The girls sure were patient with that long process. They all look sharp or should I say "magical."
They are looking magical.
I wouldn't pick the red hair extension but if that makes them happy ,then I guess go for it.
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at all Abby's expressions, they are priceless. Can't wait to see how the 3 princesses turn out.
They all had some funny expressions. It was really fun to do it with all 3 of them too.
Getting close to the reveal. It’s so exhausting. It must be, because I think every year I have a yawning picture of Claire too.
A little bit of primping before the big moment.
Abby was hilarious. Gail would pull the shield away and she would push it back to her face.
At one point in time she pushed a little too hard and it went flying and crashed to the floor and broke. The Fairy Godmothers in training said not to worry as they had this happen about once a day.
We got a good laugh at how she would steam this baby up.
And now for the big reveal number 1.
I always crack up at these too because the kids always have a weird look on their faces. I think it’s because they look so different. It takes them a minute to see it and then the smiles come out.
See Aunt Mary clapping in the background. That’s something our family does about all sorts of things. Skip used to laugh about how we clapped for every little thing and now if we don’t clap he wonders what is wrong.
Alexis was very happy with her look.
Now Abby is close to being done. I can’t believe we made it this far. She got a sprinkling of pixie dust.
Steaming up the shield.
Getting her primped up with her sash.
She’s impressed with it.
Back to Claire before Abby’s big reveal.
Alexis had to be sure they were doing everything right for Claire.
Abby, are you ready to see yourself as a princess.
She was feeling a little shy about this.
And when she turned around, it kind of took her a minute to see herself.
She did look VERY different and at first I don’t think she really knew it was her.
Love it! Three beautiful girls! It's adorable to see how pleased they are when they see the final product. It would be very hard with all these great photos to pick a favorite photo of each girl. It's fun, with Claire, to see the difference each year. She looks so much more grown-up this year.
They all look beautiful! I'm glad Abby liked it! There are so many great pictures, it's hard to pic a favorite, but I think my favorites are the ones taken from behind where you see the girls' reflections in the mirror.
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How very cute. Have a boy I never even considered BBB and was always a little leery of it thinking they made the girls up to be pageant girls. Nice to see the very toned down make up. It is really age appropriate but what else would you expect from Disney
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at all Abby's expressions, they are priceless. Can't wait to see how the 3 princesses turn out.
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