Moms and dads of a certain age, what is your favorite kids' movie or feature-length cartoon you used to watch with your children...over and over again. Mine is Don Bluth's Thumbelina.
We used to watch a video about construction trucks, over and over. We never got tired of it, until ... we finally got tired of it, or the tape broke. I can't find it now.
There is a new one called "Diggers and Dozers" that kids and their parents would probably love to have.
My kids are very close in age (16 months apart). When they were little, they were small enough to fit together inside a wicker laundry basket and we'd always play a little game together before bedtime. I'd hoist them in the basket high up in the air over my head and give them a "balloon ride" and sing that Lionel Jeffries song from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." They knew the song because that movie was on a seemingly endless loop at our house. Kids love routines--especially when they're so little. It was just all part of the safe little bubble that fathers create in families. My dad did similar things. He had a white canvas mail sack with a rope closure. My brother and I would fit inside (one-at-a time) and he'd whirl us around outside in the yard before he went off to work at night. When we got too big for the sack, he'd hold us by one arm and leg and spin us around so we could pretend we were airplanes. It was something moms wouldn't do then--not because it took physical strength--but because what if you banged into a tree with a kid or something?
Thanks guys. Yes, dad rituals are so important and fun. When we three girls were little, our dad would grab all three of us and rub his pre-shave stubble on our necks. We loved screaming over it.
John, when my son was little, sometimes I'd pull over at construction sites just so he could watch the heavy machinery at work.
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Well, there's the Blues Brothers outlook, too.
I'm watching cartoons with my granddaughter.
Uncle Grandpa is great. Haven't watched any of the feature length animated classics.
Wow! I get to do that all over again!
Well, I'm 45, but my daughter is only 3, so we haven't established such a film yet.
We used to watch a video about construction trucks, over and over. We never got tired of it, until ... we finally got tired of it, or the tape broke. I can't find it now.
There is a new one called "Diggers and Dozers" that kids and their parents would probably love to have.
My kids are very close in age (16 months apart). When they were little, they were small enough to fit together inside a wicker laundry basket and we'd always play a little game together before bedtime. I'd hoist them in the basket high up in the air over my head and give them a "balloon ride" and sing that Lionel Jeffries song from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." They knew the song because that movie was on a seemingly endless loop at our house. Kids love routines--especially when they're so little. It was just all part of the safe little bubble that fathers create in families. My dad did similar things. He had a white canvas mail sack with a rope closure. My brother and I would fit inside (one-at-a time) and he'd whirl us around outside in the yard before he went off to work at night. When we got too big for the sack, he'd hold us by one arm and leg and spin us around so we could pretend we were airplanes. It was something moms wouldn't do then--not because it took physical strength--but because what if you banged into a tree with a kid or something?
Thanks guys. Yes, dad rituals are so important and fun. When we three girls were little, our dad would grab all three of us and rub his pre-shave stubble on our necks. We loved screaming over it.
John, when my son was little, sometimes I'd pull over at construction sites just so he could watch the heavy machinery at work.
I loved watching "Jungle Book" with my girls. They saw me as Baloo, which made it all the more charming.
Beta Rube, what a pleasant surprise. My kids and I loved Jungle Book.
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