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#FROZENFun back to school Disney Family summer

2014 – The Summer of FROZEN Fun

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summer of frozen funToday is RiRi and lil G’s first day back to school! It seems like our summer together flew by, but thankfully I have a few more weeks with D-Man and RoRo before they are off to Kindergarten and Preschool. Since it’s back to school season for us, over the past few weeks we’ve been steadily purchasing back to school supplies for everyone. Usually we buy the basic school supplies at our local Walmart, and sometimes while shopping from our list we can get a little sidetracked by pretty, shiny things.

2014 – The Summer of Frozen Fun

How I would describe Summer of 2014 is the Summer of Frozen Fun. We have a big, busy family and it’s usually tough for us all to get to the movie theaters together (not to mention EXPENSIVE!) so a lot of movies we don’t catch until they are released on video. Last Spring we were so excited to finally see the Disney movie, Frozen, and I was so shocked when D-Man already knew all the songs. I remember our first time watching, he was belting out “Let It Go” and “Do You Want to Build a Snowman”. I realized that at his Preschool they would play music from cartoons and movies, and he must have learned the songs there, so he had already been looking forward to this movie.

Now, I have to admit, last Winter when it was released on the big screen I thought it was more of a girls movie. I heard the chatter and everyone loved the movie so much, but I didn’t hear much about it being marketed to boys. So when we finally saw the movie, I was surprised at just how much my two little boys LOVED it!! Of course love is universal, it crosses all gender boundaries and the core message of the movie is family love, specifically that between siblings. So of course my boys would relate since they are so close. It’s a fun movie with likable characters and a plot that keeps you watching. In addition to the main characters Anna and Elsa, my boys just love Olaf as well as Sven and Kristoff. I can appreciate how Anna is slightly awkward and vulnerable, it makes her character easily relateable, regardless of age or gender.

Since the boys love this movie so much (ok, I do too) it has been on constant replay all summer. We would watch it together, and sing and dance. We’d talk about family values with our boys and explain different parts of the movie. We began to understand that Elsa’s powers were only scary when she was angry and the ice would change colors based on her moods. I may even dare to say that Frozen is right up there in our top favorite Disney movies, so I was excited when we were doing our Back to School shopping and found quite a few fun Frozen items at Walmart.

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RoRo immediately became best friends with Olaf!

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D-Man got a kick out of him too!

What made us even happier, was that we were able to find quite a few boys themed items that they were so excited to receive. RiRi and I were actually picking up some final supplies yesterday and decided to pick up a few things for the boys and surprise them with it. They were overjoyed, and Olaf has been with them every step of the way ever since. Since D-Man begins Kindergarten in a few weeks I’m still trying to locate a Frozen backpack with Olaf or Sven and a matching lunchbox for him, but for now we’re happy with these items.

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A cute back to school shirt for RiRi and a fun play shirt for RoRo.

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Cups for D-Man and RoRo and some yummy snacks in their favorite movie theme!

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Olaf is their new best friend!

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D-Man loving his new fun ball!

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Having fun with their new toys!

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RiRi trying on her new shirt!

Who are your favorite Frozen characters?

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My boys love to play with bouncy balls, so I was so stoked to find a Frozen on, Sven and Kristoff are on the back of this one. I also found the cups in the back to school section and was happy to find some for both boys and girls. Frozen snacks were another treat, all my kids enjoy these gummy snacks, and they loved finding the one with their favorite movie on the front!

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There were so many cute posters to choose from with a wide variety of characters, and I loved the 3D puzzle even though my boys would probably misplace all the pieces.

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I was bummed I couldn’t find a throw blanket or fun bedding in boy themes, but the big Olaf plush made up for that. All they had in my store were Anna and Elsa backpacks, but I’m pretty sure there’s some out there with Olaf or Sven on them, so my search continues. In the toy section there’s a huge area in the girls toys for Frozen products for those of you that have daughters that love the movie.

I’m going to keep searching for more Frozen items at Walmart, if you are a fan and love the movie, show me your finds!

#FROZENFun | #CollectiveBias

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  1. Summer Davis says

    August 15, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    Yep! Big Frozen fans here! I just got an Elsa dress for Madilyn’s upcoming birthday, and I’ll be searching for an Olaf plush for her to play with too. Those suckers are hard to find, you lucked out! #client

    • MamaHarris says

      August 26, 2014 at 9:45 am

      They had a few at my store, I almost got two because I didn’t want the boys to fight over him!

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