Andrew got up early this morning. He gets up early almost every morning. This morning he was up and he was upset that he couldn’t go downstairs at 5:45am. He woke us all up. He woke Eva up. But she took it upon herself to calm him down. She went into his room and picked out the Curious George book of stories that we have and she read to Andrew.
I don’t write much about making childhood magical, or how to be raising a reader or anything like that. I usually just write about things matter-of-fact-ly. I’m a meat and potatoes guy, I don’t wax poetic or get whimsical. What I saw and captured in the moment above was my kids having a childhood. They didn’t get out the tablets or anything like that. Believe me, we have plenty of those and the kids know how to work them all. What my daughter turned to in this moment was a book. And Andrew sat in rapt attention to every word that she read. So, I guess that by reading to her almost nightly, We’re also reading to Andrew nightly, Eva has an appreciation for reading and she is ready to share that with her brother. Something magical about that, in my eyes. Continue reading Stay Curious Kids→
Andrew and I went into Boston tonight to catch a Press Screening of the ‘Peanuts’ movie. I hadn’t given the movie much thought since many properties from my childhood have been handled so poorly. But I love ‘Peanuts’ and figured that I would give it a try to see if it held true to the source. The trailer and commercials certainly looked spot on but what about the tone. Was the movie handled well?
You’re going to have to wait for Friday for my full post about the movie and the content of it but I will say that it is something I would recommend you see.
Andrew was very good in this solo screening with me. We headed up to the theater around 5pm and ate our dinner there. Popcorn, pretzels, Junior Mints and Orange Juice. This kid has weird tastes. He would eat a Junior Mint and then take a swig of his OJ and tell me that it tasted like vanilla. Now, for anyone who has ever brushed their teeth and then forgotten and taken a sip of juice, you know how gross that is. Apparently Andrew loves it. Go Figure.
We had a fun time and lest you think I left Eva out on purpose for any reason, I did not. She had play practice for her show this weekend. So we will have our movie night this coming Monday and see ‘Peanuts’ again. It is worth seeing twice. Continue reading Sharing ‘Peanuts’ with Andrew→
