Trolls And Scissors
Feb 22, 2026 · 1 minute readWe have reached another milestone in toddler development. Maeryn has decided on the first film that she likes watching all the way through and is excited to watch over and over.
Unfortunately, it’s Trolls.
I suppose there are worse things; it’s not Frozen, and I was at least pleased to see that although Russell Brand is one of the trolls, he’s the one that sells everybody else out in a heel turn halfway through the film. Exiting The Bergen’s Castle perhaps at some point considered a subtitle. Anyway, Maeryn is not to be told that there are sequels.
We have also discovered the delights of scissors and scissor books. Which did mean I spent a god hour picking tiny bits of paper off the floor…but by the end of the weekend, she could cut out a frog without cutting said frog in two most of the time. Although I have had to reassemble many animals with tape along the way…