Sharing a bit of my past with my kids
June 18, 2018
Today we
were heading out on a road trip and realized we didn’t have a DVD to play for
the boys. Why they needed to watch a DVD is beyond me, but to have a quiet road
trip I just agreed and grabbed a brand new in the plastic wrap DVD I had
purchased from Wal-Mart for $5.
I had
forgotten that I grabbed that DVD last summer but I was excited to get it open
and into the DVD player. The reason I was excited was because it was the Smurfs…the
O.G. Smurfs from the 80’s. I had grown up on this cartoon, every Saturday morning
I would wait for it to come on one in the Saturday morning line up. I don’t
think it’s a stretch to say that it was a fan favourite in the line up.
Once I
heard the opening credits and then the theme song, I couldn’t help but sing
along. I wasn’t sure how my babes were going to respond to it but low and
behold, they got into it. I saw their eyes follow the movements and hear them
say ‘Gargamel’. LOL. Even typing that makes me laugh, as they know who he is.
We have
since left the DVD in the player and every time we get into the truck, I get
asked “Murfs Mommy Pease”. It is honestly the cutest thing. I love that they
love them as much as I did. Since we’ve put the DVD in, they’ve been carrying
around the case and ensuring that we know who they ‘Murfs’ are. LOL. It is just
the cutest thing ever.
I never
in a million years thought that I would be able to share my love of the Smurfs
with my kids as I thought they might think it’s too old. I have since bought
the Scooby Doo and Flintstones series. I sure hope they like those as well but
I guess time will tell. For now, I am enjoying watching these old episodes with
my boys and remembering how much I liked to watch them and remembering those fond
memories of watching the series in it’s prime with my brother and sister eating
our cereal laying on the floor in front of the TV. Doesn’t that just take you
back to the good old days, when life was simple and the biggest care in the
world was what was on TV?
I love
that I can share this with my kids, I can’t wait to share more things with them
and see if they get as much joy out of them as I did. Who knew having kids
could be so much fun?
