As I mentioned in the previous
post, we broke the technology fast for a movie night last night. What a treat!
We watched
Song of the Sea. Oh. My. Goodness! If you have not seen this movie you should totally watch it. It's simply beautiful. The art, the story, the Irish-ness. It's unlike any of today's cookie-cutter movies, and I fancy that.
Not only did we watch this wonderful movie, but we ate popcorn too. Not the best popcorn but definitely not the worst popcorn- when it comes to ingredients and
clean-ness (health wise). I drowned it in melted Kerigold butter (good, healthy fat) and ground some Himalayan salt over it. Yum! The bowl from which Dempsey and I ate made it all the more special because it was his
NEGU bowl from the most recent
NEGU Family Fun Pack. Dempsey was not happy that he only got to eat about 1/2 of the popcorn in our bowl. Hahaha. He scoped out a second bag of popcorn in the kitchen and was perturbed when I told him that had to wait for next week's movie night.
Dempsey sat/ snuggled with me and Sawyer sat/ snuggled with Jake. It was wonderful. Jake and I were both surprised how engaged Dempsey stayed through the whole thing (except for a potty break). He truly understood the art and his questions were good and in line with the story. Sawyer really enjoyed the movie as well. Although, that's not surprising because he's his father's son when it comes to movies. Jake and I talked about this movie for probably 20 minutes after putting the boys to bed. So many layers to unpack, discuss, and still some questions with no answers.
When the movie was over, Mr. Dempsey was a tad indignant because he wanted to watch ANOTHER movie (Stuart Little 2). A couple thoughts about this fact: 1. He had a nap so he wasn't quite as tired as the rest of us, thus not wanting/ ready to go to sleep and 2. This shows how there is still a tech addiction at play. We assured him Stuart Little 2 is on the list of movies we'll watch (I am less than thrilled about that) and he seemed to mellow out pretty quick.
What is next week's movie:
Cinderella- the recent live-action version.
Feel free to share a movie you think the Kenagy-4 should put on their short list for movie nights.
**Sorry, I didn't manage any photos of the evening.
