Everyone's Hero

Yesterday we saw Everyone's Hero as part of Regal Theaters free summer movies. It was our first time to see it, and it was so cute! Here's what I liked...

1. Heartwarming & inspiring story (more like a non-animated film)
2. Fantastic cast-practically every voice was a famous person
3. Humor-the baseball (voice by Rob Reiner) had a great sarcastic wit, and the physical comedy had the kids throughout the theater roaring with laughter
4. Perseverance was encouraged-the main character didn't want to play baseball anymore because he wasn't good, but his Dad taught him that the only way to get good is to "Keep on Swinging". This is a continuing concept we try to teach Timothy, and we have already used this phrase a few times since the movie!
   

Here's the trailer:

I highly recommend it! And just in case you don't know about the summer movie programs in your area, here's the information. Just click on the theater name:

Regal Cinema Free Family Film Festival

This theater offers 2 movies every Tues & Wed at 10am. Both play each day, and at the theater we go to they played each movie on 2 screens. The one drawback of this theater (to me) is that Samantha's weight can't hold the chair down. She has to either sit on the very edge of the seat or in my lap. The obvious plus side is that these movies are completely free!

AMC Summer Movie Camp

This theater offers 1 movie on Wed at 10am. There is a $1 admission fee that goes to charity. Both theaters are playing generally the same movies, just in a different sequence. As I've stated already, I think the AMC theater is more conducive to a preschooler. Not only do the seats stay down, but the chairs have high backs which allows less fiddling with other people.

We've had great experiences at both, and the most important thing is that it's the cheapest way to ever see a movie!

Weekend Wrapup #6: Mamma Mia!

February 28th, a friend of mine and I watched Mamma Mia. Talk about torture. I know several people who liked it, but I'm not one of them. It had vulgar moments that didn't have to be there, terrible singing (why can't Pierce Brosnan just go back to being Remington Steele?), and random songs that didn't even relate to what was going on. I did not like it.

Saturday of Fun

Saturday was a playful kind of day. We took the kids to see Madagascar 2. There are tons of jokes the kids would never get in a million years, but they enjoyed it nonetheless. Dan and I both liked it as well, so I recommend it for the whole family. I was going to link to the site, but I was given the option of adding this widget to my blog! I've never done that for a movie, and since I'm just loving the whole bloggity world I had to do it.

Next we went to Amber's going away party. I'm still in denial! I have so many pictures of the kids together and her and the kids, but we finally got one of us!

Last I attended a Baby Shower! In Little Rock I had one almost monthly, but in the 3 years since I've lived there, this was my first one to attend! We did something I thought was so clever. One of the hostesses purchased a bunch of plain onesies and pants. In addition, she had girl themed iron on transfers and fabric paint. We were teamed up with another person to design a baby outfit! They all turned out so cute! The guest of honor ended up with 11 original outfits, and she voted on her favorite 2.

Meet the Robinsons

We had a full day Saturday, and I wanted to get the kids vegging way before bedtime. So I tried out something new. As part of our Netflix membership, we can view many (hundreds) of titles on the computer instantly. I found a kids movie we haven't seen, popped some popcorn, and settled down for some movie going fun. Meet the Robinsons is cute. I would recommend it for a light, enjoyable family movie night.

Amber had driven us around all day, and I hadn't put the car seats back in our car. The kids decided they wanted to use their car seats as movie "theater seats", and that's how they watched it! I sat on the couch.

Build-A-Bear

Think back to 2007 because a lot happened that I need to blog! Timothy's school took a field trip on November 30 to Build-A-Bear. Is that the coolest field trip ever? We had never been, and the school bought the bear, so all I had to buy were the clothes (and Sam's bear & clothes). I was going to get Chargers stuff, but all they had were divisional opponents. The Chargers uniform has changed and Build-A-Bear doesn't have the new bear costumes yet. Timothy selected the Spider-man costume. The teachers asked us not to put clothes on the bears while we were there, which is why you won't see a picture of the complete bear until we got home. The kids had a great time. Samantha got a bear & princess dress, and Timothy's bear is now affectionately called Spider-Bear by both kids. Here are some pics...