Yesterday was a holiday in Henryland. The Little Mermaid Special Edition was released. Those gosh-darned marketers at Disney put the release date in their previews and my kid latches on to the date. I forget which of our movies has a Little Mermaid preview at the beginning- probably Chicken Little. So ever since we purchased that movie, we've been brainwashed to buy the next one.
The next time you're at the grocery store, look at the Halloween candy display. You'll find that many of the candy bags this year are distributed in boxes advertising The Little Mermaid. The boys and I were at the store one day and Henry kept wanting to go down the candy aisle. Of course I assumed that he wanted me to buy some candy, but then it hit me that he was excited about the display. So I emptied the Snickers bags out of one of the boxes and took it up to the register with us. I asked the cashier if we could have the box, because my son is really into Disney stuff. She said "I don't see why not" but asked a manager just to be sure. I'm sure they thought we were odd, but I don't care. Henry was thrilled with the box!
Henry didn't talk about this big event yesterday morning, but they called me at work yesterday afternoon to remind me. Bill said that Henry shouted "It's October third" before he even got off the school bus.
I stopped to buy a copy on my way home. (It would have been fun for Henry to get to go to the store with me, but I didn't want to have to leave once I got home.)
We watched the movie and admired all the packaging. And guess what? Peter Pan Special Edition will be released sometime in the spring. Henry woke up this morning wanting to "check it out" on the computer and "print Peter Pan Special Edition." I have to admit that I'm a little frustrated by this- can't we even enjoy the new movie for a day before moving on to the next one?!
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Thomas has strep throat (or "stripe throat" as Henry calls it). Yesterday morning he fell asleep while watching the Wiggles (who can sleep during the Wiggles?! You know he is sick!) I carried him up to bed and even put a pullup on him and he still kept sleeping.
It was hard not to laugh when he came down the stairs a couple hours later, his bedhead standing on end. He sounded so confused and his voice was all hoarse from coughing when he said "mommy, I was just wonderin', why was it night-night time?"
That's the news for now. Anyone watching Lost tonight?