At some point as a child my Mom revealed to me her absolute favorite Disney movie was 101 Dalmations. I remember more than one time having a 101 Dalmatians movie night together. One day while I was wandering through my favorite place in the whole wide world, I found a copy of 101 … [Read more...]
Secret Garden movie night
At some point in my middle school career, I set a goal to read all of the classic stories. I blew through the fantasy stories. Struggled through Black Beauty, because despite it’s being a horse story, it wasn’t cheerful. Then I discovered Secret Garden. For whatever reason, I … [Read more...]
Don’t get lost when you fall down the rabbit hole!
In sixth grade, I had two books I read over and over again. The first is Peter Pan, and the second was Alice in Wonderland and its sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass. I loved reading her adventures, and I even found a third book not written by Lewis Carroll. In high school, I … [Read more...]
What do you want to be when you grow up? Harriet wants to be a spy
I remember reading Harriet the Spy as a kid being fascinated by it, and thinking how true it was to school life. This past month when I assigned Harriet the Spy to the kids as our next book and a movie I read it as an adult and was apalled at the behaviors of most adults in her … [Read more...]
Do you want your brain to melt? Then watch this movie
Way back when my children were infants Jeff and I had my Mom over to watch The Sign, the movie adaptation of The Dark is Rising. As we watched it, Jeff and I were complaining loudly about the terrible movie we were watching, and my Mom was horribly confused. I then blocked out … [Read more...]
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