Origin of Duckface Pictures

Wow, it's been awhile since I've done a party! Here are some funny things that happened at my last one: I was doing make overs at a tiny little kids table. I usually set it up so that there is a seat for me, a seat across from me that I dub the "Official Make-Over Throne!" so that the little girls know they have to rotate out of that seat, and sometimes a third seat for the next girl in line to sit in. Often when there are lot of guests, the parents will have the other girls do a craft while waiting for make overs. This is genius because it keeps them out of my hair and stops them from stealing my make-over accessories... Anyway, I still had a few girls to make-over when several of the other guests finished their crafts. One little girl decided to sit in the "next" chair and watch. I didn't notice this until her mother pointed it out and gently told her to get up so the next girl in line could sit there. To this little girl replied, very matter-of-factly, "Oh, Ariel said it was ok". I thought this was funny because I had not in fact said anything to that little girl. I looked at the mother who was saying "Well, I guess I can't argue with the princess!" and found my self shaking my head and wearing a sort of "eeep" smile. The mother immediately changed her tune and said "Ooh Ariel didn't REALLY say that now did she?" and pulled the little girl aside to give her a talking to. I felt a little bad for essentially tattling on her, but girl, don't be saying I said things I didn't! This was the same little girl that earlier told me Flounder (Ariel's fish friend) had come to her party. I thought that was weird but I played along saying "Oh how wonderful! I'll have to tell Flounder I saw you today!" She was silent for a second, thinking. Then she said, "Well, maybe you shouldn't tell him you saw me. He might not remember me" (Read: I made that up just to sound cool). She was a 5 year old girl so I'm wasn't going to call her out on it, but I knew what she was up too. I just laughed and said something about how forgetful Flounder is. That girl was really sweet but, seriously, quit making stuff up! The rest of the party went smoothly and then it was time for pictures. This is always a blast. Like trying to herd cats. Or...5-year-olds... When it comes time for the shutter to go off, I always try to swap the traditional "CHHEEEEEESE" or something more princess themed. When I'm Belle, we just say "Beeeellleeee" because it makes for a nice open mouthed smile. "Rapunzel" makes a weird duckface and so does "Ariel" so for them I just opt for "Princeeeessss". Sometimes the parents try to get creative though and have the kids say fun things too, with little thought about the consequences. Somewhere out there are plenty of pictures of little girls in princess outfits collectively making a "DURHUR" face because a parent thought it would be cute for them to say "Floundeeeer!" while they took a picture. And this family is now one of them. However, this family took it one step further. Perhaps after seeing the results of "Floundeeer" and "Arieeeel", the mother decided to switch it up with another popular Little Mermaid character. Unfortunately, she couldn't remember Sebastian's name so instead she said, "Alright, everybody say....what's the crab's name?" So now this family has a picture of 14 little girls saying "What's the crab's naaaaaame!" and one Ariel laughing her ugly wig off. Good times!