Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The tangled experience



Saturday night we took the kids to see the new Disney movie Tangled. I have to get this down because one day I will be sad that she can go off and see movies without us. Addi had actually been looking forward to it for a few weeks since she found a t shirt with Rapunzel on it and then immediately after saw the movie preview. It is really her first movie attachment experience.

We got our tickets, which was a bit shocking for Jeremy. Usually Grandma Ann takes the kids to the movies so we had a bit of sticker shock at the price to get into a movie. I can clearly understand how Netflex has become successful because we headed over to the concession stand after picking up our 3-D glasses. I was prepared for this because these prices have always been out of whack but Jeremy just about lost it. I digress.

The movie was great, really, it was. I thought Addi dozed off a couple of times until I realized that she was awake and just not blinking she was watching so intently.

Then we get to the end of the movie. If you need to be kept in suspense until you can see the movie yourself you should stop reading now......Rapunzel's boy friend came to rescue her out of the tower and the evil "witch" who stole her stabbed Eugene in the side. Addi lost it. She started balling. I mean like Jack just sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic on Titanic, like Goose just died in the plane crash, like when Hillary dies in Beaches. I had to hold in my laughter because really are you seriously breaking down. She had tears down her face and I had to consider putting my hand over her mouth she was crying so loudly. It was crazy and sad at the same time. Once I got her to focus back on the screen and what was going on the witch was pushed out of the window and died so she was good to go but those were a rough four minutes.

In the end she loved the movie and can recall clearly when the witch was mean and how Rapunzel was so happy in the end.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Holiday Cards

I have to pass this along. I know usually I share info about what is going on but this is a great deal, and easy. Shutterfly is giving away 50 free cards if you blog about this. Hey, finsih reading this blog post before you go off and post one of your own on this deal!
I have wanted to do my own photo cards for a couple years with the kids but the ones in the studio always seem so fake by the time I get them home. There are some pretty awesome themes at Shutterfly so look in your mailbox in a couple weeks to see which one we picked........