A Goddess in a Cave in the Woods

We took Max to see Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium tonight. He’s been asking to see it, and has done a terrific job with his responsibility chart this week. It is nice to be able to have some special time with him (thanks to Oma and Aunt Sissy for watching Emma).

The movie was better than I expected, especially after reading a couple of negative reviews. I loved that it was not as constant-motion-manic-energy as most “kids” films these days. But, I honestly think it was more suited for older children and adults than young kids.

Max liked the movie a lot, but my sweet and sensitive boy couldn’t stop talking about the sad sock monkey. At two points in the movie, the sock monkey reached out to hug the accountant character, but he moved away before the monkey could hug him. This made Max inexplicably sad. He has such empathy. It bothers him most to see characters being emotional injured or ignored – the sadness of a hug incomplete was overwhelming to him.

Of course, the monkey did get his hug in the end, and Max got lots of hugs and kisses too….

Love/Hates for today:
Love cuddly naps with Emma under my down comforter.
Love holding hands with my big boy and hearing him tell me that he’s “growing” now.
Hate hearing that “growing” means he no longer likes Tracy Turnblad and the music from Hairspray.

He’d better not grow out of ABBA.