Whilst waiting for my youngest to come out from wherever he was hiding at pre-K (hiding because home is “boring” and pre-K isn’t!) I overheard a conversation between three of his classmates. Now in his pre-K class the age range is 3-5 years, Connor’s currently 3.5 years, and this particular group I was eavesdropping on are about 4 years old. His classmates were discussing the Pirates of the Caribbean and from what they were saying it was obvious that they’d seen the movie, and they were comparing it to Superman and Batman movies. I know that I’m a little overprotective, … Continue reading →

I’m a huge advocate for Disney animated movies. Apart from the fact that I still love to watch them myself, I’ve allowed my boys to watch them from being babies. In fact for the first year, the only other screen “entertainment” they watched were the Baby Einstein videos (now also part of the Disney stable). It wasn’t until very recently however that I realized how much I could bless Disney for the thought that goes into these movies for little people. I’ve long seen either a Disney story of a historical/mythical theme unfold on the screen. I’ve also – in … Continue reading →