Movies

We have been a little worried that Josh has been watching too many movies. He often talks about things from movies while he plays throughout the day. For example, he is convinced that the dragon from Shrek lives somewhere in our house and if Josh does certain things, like get his diaper changed, the dragon will come get us. However, if you ask him about the dragon, he will tell you that the dragon is nice and is Josh's buddy. Additionally, he occasionally will get really excited and start telling us that the Huns (from Mulan) are coming and that we need to "quick, run away." Although his ability to recall movies is quite humorous, we were a little worried that he might be watching movies too often. As I sat down to the computer to print out a calender on which Josh could put one sticker each day for the one movie he would be allowed to watch, Josh came over to me and suggested an even better idea. He said, "What are you doing Daddy?" I said, "I am printing off a calender for your movies." Josh then said, "Movie tickets?" and our new plan was born. If Josh helps out around the house he can earn one Movie ticket a day. When he wants to watch a movie, he gives us his ticket and he can watch the movie of his choice.

Yesterday, Josh made me realize that his ability to pull stuff out of movies might actually have a beneficial use. Our story starts off with the following tent Josh and I made in our family room.
On Sundays, Josh is only allowed to watch church movies and his favorite are a cartoon series that teach about the Ten Commandments. The films are about Moses and the Children of Israel and are set at the foot of Mount Sinai. After we built the tent, Josh said to me, "Daddy, it is a tent mountain." "It does look like a mountain, doesn't it?" I replied. Josh then declared boldly, "It is the mountain of God." In the movies, the characters are always talking about Moses going up into the mountain of God. I'm glad to know that he has absorbed a little bit of doctrine along with his entertainment.
In other news... Here is a fun picture we took yesterday of Maggie next to a picture of Josh when he was just a couple weeks younger than her. They're not identical, but there is definitely a family resemblance.