Beauty and the Beast has always been my favorite Disney movie. Belle was my favorite Disney Princess while growing up (and still is). I think I really connected to her because I was a total bookworm. I would literally read a minimum of 4 or 5 books a week when I was younger. I remember during one of my first trips to Disney, I turned 11. That day I got to meet Belle (in her white and blue outfit) and she wrote “Happy Birthday Tessa!” in my book. I thought it was the coolest thing. So much so that I ripped it out and hung it on my wall. I really wish I hadn’t done that because now that page is lost – but the memories are not. I was so excited for my daughters to meet Belle at Disney World last October and have a picture of them with her framed on my desk.