Sharing a bit of my past with my kids

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?