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*Note: these are movies I saw for the first time in 2009, not that necessarily came out in 2009. In no particular order: SlumDog Millionaire – an almost-fairy-tale set in India. The Brother’s Grim kind of fairy tale where eyes are gouged out and innocents are used and abused. Not for children. But uplifting and mind-opening nonetheless. I just read this post at the Femina blog: An Uplifting Memory. The post itself and the reader’s comments had me almost hyperventilating! Good to know that all of one’s day-to-day small child related disasters are eventually a source of great entertainment – and that eventually one is OUT of that mode of life! (The title is [...] Did you see that my blog is all prettied up? Well, if you did, you can thank my brother, Ben and his wife, Emeth, who took it upon themselves to spend much of yesterday afternoon updating my blog. It feels nice to have a fresh new face on the blog. And perhaps I’ll be motivated to post [...] I haven’t had much luck yet with having my kids listen to tapes in lieu of read-alouds. They just seem to tune them out. I’ve gotten Redwall, Little House in the Big Woods and others out of the library on cassette tapes (yes, we still own a couple of old-fashioned tape players – Thanks Mom!) and [...] I sent the boys outside to play the other day. They were greatly excited about wearing hats and gloves so I helped them to find and put on winter accessories. I looked out a little later and what did I see?: I guess I forgot to remind them to wear [...] My bloglines subscriptions have been unusually quiet these days! I’m thinking maybe everybody is as busy as I am with [...] |
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