Movie Day

Today a friend called wanting to know if the kids and I would like to join her and her son to see Horton Hears a Who. I decided to go and take The First Born and Classic Middle Child. Now our kids have not seen a lot of movies or TV for that matter. When they do watch a TV program, it is something from PBS. Needless to say, they are not exposed to violence in media and are very sensitive to antagonistic characters.

Not to give away the plot of the movie, but Classic Middle Child was very upset with the strong musical selections and antagonistic characters in the movie. He did eventually peel his fingers from his eyes, and I was able to pry him off of my lap towards the end of the movie. Even The First Born was cowering under my arm at a few scenes. It's Horton Hears a Who!!!!

As we were leaving the theater, both were very chatty, commenting on parts of the movie. Classic Middle Child even said that the next time he goes to see it, he wants Daddy to take him. After arriving home, they proceeded to update their father on the movie, not ever mentioning cowering next to me, fingers covering eyes, etc...what a selective memory they each have already!!!