Old Faithful

Back around the time when Abby was just a wee little thing is when Alex decided to fall in love with one lone movie. George of the Jungle. He watched that movie more times than I can remember and it was the only one that he ever wanted to see. I was fine with that. I mean, all kids have obsessions with one thing or another throughout their lives. So why fight it, right? Since then, he grew to enjoy many movies. Cartoons were never high on his list, but he has become attached to a few Pixar movies (The Incredibles and Toy Story to be exact). He doesn't have nap time and so gets to pick his 'quiet-time' movie for the day. Quiet-time is good for him. He sits on the couch and gets to rest for a good one to two hours during the day. I used to give him George of the Jungle as an option for the longest time and one day he just decided that he didn't want to watch it anymore. For a brief time, he enjoyed George of the Jungle 2...yes...they made a second one. It doesn't have Brendan Fraser in it but it is very funny and entertaining. Anyhow, after a good month of watching that one, he quit George and his crazy antics cold turkey. Last week he came up to me and asked me, "Mommy, can I watch George of the Jungle for quiet time today?" (awww...full sentences...my boy's growin' up!) I was happy to oblige and he has been watching his old faithful movie for going on two weeks now. It is cute to see how he has changed since his original obsession with it. He laughs at different scenes now and can understand much more of the movie. He pretends he is a monkey and makes jungle calls like George/Tarzan all the time. I think that he will probably give up on ol' George again in the next week or two, but it's cute to see him enjoy an old favorite again. Ahhh...memories.