No photo with this post - today we decided to take in a free movie (Shrek 3) at Savoy Theater before heading over to Parkland's Dodds Fields to watch Daddy play his final game of soccer for the season. Well, we were a little late and so arrived after the movie had started. No sooner had we sat down, than the action on the big screen (for those who've seen the movie, when Shrek and Princess Fiona get all dressed up for an event and the costume's they're in spring apart) proved too much for Alex and she started crying - a lot - and asking to leave.
So we ended up sitting on the carpeted floor just outside the theater with Alex on my lap, Daddy next to us and Sebastien...still asleep. Much discussion ensued about what exactly made her cry ("I'm scared mummy" and "What was Hector doing?" - she confused Shrek with a storybook character she had previously read about) and whether she wanted to go back in - "No". It seems that with a lack of tv etc, she can't discern the difference between real and pretend. That not having seen cartoons or their equivalent before, she fears that what she's seeing is actually happening to people (and that they're suffering). We're not sure whether this is a good thing or not...and I really wanted to see the movie! Instead we hung out at a park - much less threatening!
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Ahhh.. Shrek 3.. one of our favorite movies.. we love all of the Shrek's.. can't wait until next week.. Shrek the Third is out on DVD! We saw it in the theatres 3 times! I think Evie was 3 before her first movie and that was CARS.. since then, she loves going to the movies. Poor Alex!
Whoops, I could have predicted that reaction...
When I was looking after Alex one afternoon I put on Shrek for some light entertainment, but after 3 seconds she decided that it was too scary to watch...
I should have mentioned that.
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