Late last year, I finally realized and accepted that I’m not longer a mom of young children. In 2016, my oldest became a teenager and my last baby turned 7 years old. Though I tried to deny it, they are now becoming more independent and are slowly having their own preferences and social lives.
Even if I try to limit their activities to only 1-2 per child, I’m starting to miss those times wherein we all just chill out on the couch, watch one show or do one activity together. Yes, we still eat breakfast and dinner as a family. (Yay!) But apart from that, it is hard to get them to agree on doing one thing at the same time. I admit having multiple laptops, desktops and a tablet while helpful for school work, do not help in keeping them (us) together.
Since I can’t control their growth and the passing of time, I decided to start a simple tradition where we can share each others’ company without breaking the bank. This February, all six of us agreed to have a monthly movie night here at home. This means, all electronics will be turned off, well hang out on the sofa and watch DVD.
To make sure that we will not miss this activity, I’ll be writing about the experience every single month for the whole year. Thus the DVD of the Month Series is born.
For the month of February, we watched Cat in the Hat: Knows a Lot About Space
Then again, I was wrong. While the story is quite simple, “Cat, Nick and Sally found a Robotic dog in their backyard which after gathering samples blasted off out of space. Being curious, the three friends headed out to space and started searching for the robotic dog.” the adventure story was able to get everyone’s attention. That included me and my husband. I guess, The Cat in the Hat still has that ageless appeal.
After the movie, everyone had their own ideas to share. It was a real conversation starter. And since none of the kids was able to preview the movie or watched a teaser, everyone was on equal footing.
Who knew our first DVD of the month viewing will be such a success?
To celebrate the launching of this DVD of the Month Series and to pay tribute to Dr. Seuss on his birthday, our friends from N Circle Entertainment would love to give a copy of the DVD we watched to one US lucky reader (18 years +)
Yes! We’re having a giveaway. Just do the steps below to get free entries.
Hurry, giveaway ends on March 17, 2016 11:59 pm EST.
Do you have a special family night tradition too? Can’t wait to hear from you.
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I always loved the cute Max, the dog in How the Grinch Stole Chrismas.
There is the fabulous Sam I Am in Green Eggs and Ham.
The Horton the Elephant in Horton Hatches The Egg comes out on top for me.
The marvelous Marco from And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street is the best.
The cool Gerald McGrew in If I Ran the Zoo is my favorite character.
I love the Sylvester McMonkey McBean in The Sneetches and Other Stories.
Mine is Yertle the Turtle.
My boys liked Hop on Pop.
Oh The Places You Will Go is my favorite Dr. Seuss book. Thanks!
My favorite by Dr. Suess is Green Eggs and Ham, thanks!
I like the Cat in the Hat book.
Oh The Places You’ll go!
The Cat in the Hat is my very favorite.
My favorite is The Foot Book.
My favorite Dr. Seuss book is The Cat in the Hat.
Thank you!
i love green eggs and ham.
My favorite book is Cat in the hat
I always like The Cat in the Hat! 🙂
my favorite is the grinch !!
I like the book 10 Apples Up On Top!
I like one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
Green eggs and ham.
My favorite Suess book in Oh the places you will go.
I would have to say green eggs and ham omg! My granddaughter laughs so hard when I read her that book her little giggle and snort when she laughs lol
We like Green Eggs and Ham, the girls like it so much we make green eggs sometimes.
I like his book And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
My favorite is The Cat in the Hat.
Oh The Places You’ll Go is my favorite Dr. Seuss book!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is my all-time favorite.
Green Eggs and Ham is my favorite Dr. Seuss book.
Green Eggs and Ham
My favorite book is Green Eggs and Ham.
The Lorax is my favorite Dr. Seuss book. Thanks for the giveaway. I hope that I win.
I like Green eggs and ham!
My favorite is probably ‘Oh the Places You’ll Go’ but I also really like ‘One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish’.
I love The Sneeches.
I love How the Grinch Stole Christmas one of my favorites…
Green Eggs and Ham is a classic and still the favorite here!
My favorite book is Green Eggs & Ham. 🙂
My kids have always loved Dr Seuss books & movies!
The cat in the hat is my favorite Dr Seuss book!
We like One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish the best
I have always loved Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham since I was a young child.