04.10.09
Movie Night!
**Update: After finishing the entire movie after this post, I thought I’d share that the last 30 minutes or so of Mary Poppins was not enjoyable to Aliyah. George Banks looses his job, has a life epiphany, and then gets his job back again. Nothing scary, but a bit confusing. Next time we’ll stop the movie after the hilarious “Chim Chiminey” dance sequence.**
For the past several weeks Aliyah and I have been driving in the car a lot, so to make the time pass, we listen to tons of music. One of her favorite is the a cassette tape to Mary Poppins. She has almost memorized every lyric.
After reading the Greer family blog, I decided that Aliyah’s fascination with Mary Poppins warranted a movie night. Aliyah has not watched tons of movies–as Jonathan & I are prudish and old fashioned– so this is a big deal. Jonathan ordered it from Netflix, we prepared snacks, and went to the basement. Aliyah loved seeing the characters that she knew only through music. She laughed hard seeing the silly dancing penguins in Bert’s tap dancing sequence. This may have to be one of the cherished family movies.
