Here are 4 posts that I started that never really got finished. I looked at them and they all connected in a strange way, so you get them all in one post! Happy Day. Only 4 days until the beach.... it's just calling to me.
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Movies:
Assigned seats at the movies is a foreign concept in the US, and I'd imagine people would be up in arms if the theaters there tried to put it in place. Why can't I just get my ticket, walk into the theater, and choose my seat? It's against my given rights in a democratic society to have the ticket booth person choose my seat for me. Even if I can choose my seat when I purchase the ticket, how am I supposed to know if Row G or Row H is better without actually being in the theater? That's socialism for ya.
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Disney:
We play this game whenever we need the kiddos to be patient. The Disney Guessing Game. Long car rides that are too short for our DVD player, waiting in line somewhere, or just at the dinner table waiting for food at a restaurant. It works and I know a lot of characters now! Here's an recent example with Haley at the Doctor's office.
Me-Starts with a "D."
H- Dakota?
Me- Who's that?
H- An Indian in Pocahontas
Me- Oh! Nope not Dakota
H- hmmm. Duchess?
Me- Who's that?
H- You know. The cat in Aristocats.
Me- Oh yea. Nope not Duchess.
H- Wow. The last two guesses you didn't know who they were.
Me- Nope. Now guess.
H- Give me a hint.
Me- She goes "quack"
H- Daisy!
Me- good job! Okay, your turn.
H- It's starts with an F
Me- Friar Tuck?
H- Who's that?
Me- The priest in Robin Hood. The big guy who wears brown and bumps the Sheriff out of the church with his belly.
H- Oh yea. Not him.
Me- Freckles?
H- Who's that?
Me- One of the puppies on 101 Dalmations
H- Oh. Really? Wow mom. We are tricky.
Me- Flora? Fauna? I need a hint.
H- It's a hummingbird.
Me- Flit in Pocahontas!
H- Yup.
We are getting good and Maleia can now play for real (instead of someone helping her) since she knows the letters and their sounds now. She usually starts with Pocahontas, her favorite character, so we guess her first one pretty quickly.
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Midgets:
Yes. There are midgets in Hungary. The funny thing is I think they should all still speak English, but they don't. The one I ran into yesterday was really nice and opened the door for me. Dylan pointed and said, "Baby!" just before I could say "Kosonem Szapen." I hope he doesn't understand English.
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Midgets in Disney Movies:
My favorite movie right now is Enchanted and it totally cracks me up! I sing two of the songs almost all the time and it has gotten so bad that when either song comes up on the ipod, my kids groan. :) "Aw mom. Not again!" And the part where she runs into a frustrated midget and yells, "Grumpy!" Just kills me.
The 2 songs:
That's How You Know
Happy Working Song
The KH Shadow Puppet Shows
6 years ago
I love the updates :] We went to a movie in Riverton Utah with my dad one of the last times we were in CO and that theater had assigned seats! It was so weird! We paid for our tickets at a credit card machine and we had to pick our assigned seats there! Its weird! haha.
ReplyDeleteP.s. Have fun at the beach! Your so lucky!!
Isn't that weird about expecting Hungarian little people to speak English? I felt the same way when I met some in Germany. Same with a couple of Down's Syndrome kids I met. I wonder why that is?
ReplyDeleteWhat beach are you going to? If it's in Italy I might just permanently turn green with envy. If it's in Spain, well, I might never be able to speak to you again.
The theater next to our house does assigned seating too! We get to pick them, but it's still totally lame. I hope it doesn't spread...
ReplyDeleteThis is how cool I am. I have the Enchanted CD. I listen to it all the time. I should say WE listen to it.
ReplyDeleteI bought it mainly because we use the "Happy Working Song" as our clean-up song. We have to finish picking up all the toys before the song is over. A lot of times we have to run through it twice because it is just over 2 minutes long, but it works!
Loved this post, I was laughing out loud. I would not have been good at the Disney game. Or at least the guessing part. I haven't seen most. Here lets see how you and Haley do: Starts with the letter "G" (good luck).