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My weekend highlight -- movie night with our daughter

Our daughter is 4.5 and this weekend we watched our first movie at home together - March of the Penguins. We made popcorn, snuggled up under the covers, and just had the best movie night together with her and my husband. It was a bit bitter sweet actually, because she's really growing up and we can now watch movies together... no longer a baby.

But one of my favorite mom experiences yet:)

8 comments so far...

Katie -- it is bliss:) And yes, she got pretty upset when she realized some of the little ones died -- but then we went to the local natural history museum, where they had some stuffed ones, and she decided those were the same ones and they are fine now:)

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 2nd March 2009
Nataly, I am hard pressed to think of ANYTHING I'd rather do than be snuggled under the covers with popcorn watching a movie with my kids, when I can score the time on the weekends. It's blissey. Did she get sad about the penguins?

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Katie on 2nd March 2009
hi I'm new to this website and it looks GREAT! I have a very quick question for you seeing as you are a Boston mom (I live in Cambridge) and our kids are close in age (my son is 2.5 years). I was trying to navigate the blogs to see if there is any discussion on public elementary/middle schools in the Boston area (esp. in Newton and Brookline) and I couldn't find anything. Is this a good place to find that info? (I'm sorry i know this is unrelated to your post--which was a lovely description btw--I'm still trying to navigate the site!). Thanks!

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Devi on 9th February 2009
Being the mother of two, a 15 year old and a 5 month I feel like I have the best of both worlds. I am seeing my first baby grow and experience high school and al that comes with it and I am able to relive some of those missed moments now with my second. I'm glad you had a great experience, cherish them all.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by G on 6th February 2009
Kimberly -- you just gave me lots of great hope for the future:)

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 3rd February 2009
You will really appreciate it when they are teenagers and they still cuddle up with you to watch tv. My kids will pile into my bed and snuggle with me to enjoy whatever I am watching. It is truly one of the best parts of my day. Anyday...everyday!

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Kimberly915 on 3rd February 2009
I love snuggle time. While I miss the baby stage too, times like you just had are the best. I crawled into bed with my 6 year old the other morning and we cuddled and giggled. He always wants to sleep together and we have a strict "in your own bed" policy. So, it was quite the treat and I'll cherish it as much as him.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Michele on 29th January 2009
Aww, I can't wait til I can do that with my 1.5 year old! Sounds so sweet!

Flag as inappropriate Posted by oceans mom on 26th January 2009