Hello Everyone, I hope you all had a good weekend. I actually had a really good time this weekend because if you remember in one of my other blogs, I told you about the kids that I babysit. Well this weekend I brought the kids over to my house and we watched polar express with my parents. During the movie we had hot cocoa and cookies the best part was that after the movie when the kids put on their coats they found bells in their pockets. Just like in the movie. It was really fun to see their faces and to enjoy being young again with them. By the way if you haven't seen Polar Express, it is a really good movie with a great message. We told them that it must have been Santa that put the bells in their pockets and when we got back to their house they took turns writing thank-you letters to Santa.
It is really fun to do things like that with young kids because it has been along time since my brother and I were that age. Kids today grow up so fast, with all of this technology that we never had growing up. I know that even my generation is really advanced compared to my parents but kids these days are crazy. By crazy I am referring to their dependence on technology. Here is an example: (this is a 100% true story) This Thanksgiving my cousins came in to town with their 6 year old son to visit. The big talk was about how my 6 year old cousin recently got an iPhone from his parents! HE IS ONLY 6!! Who is he going to be calling? His parents said that he could only keep the phone at home and the only people that he could call are his parents. Does anyone else see the irony in this? If he is at home why would he be needing to call his parents and why wouldn't he use a house phone? He should be outside playing with friends not playing with his iPhone. While they were in town I noticed how differently he is growing up compared to my brother and I.
When my Brother and I were growing up we were outside all of the time, we loved running around and playing sports. Now kids are staying inside watching T.V, playing video games or playing on their i Phones. Kids need to be out playing with other kids without technology. This idea is one of the messages in the movie Grown Ups. In the movie Adam Sandler discovers how their kids depend on their nanny to do things for them and how they spend most of their time on their phones or video games. So when they go on a trip with Adam's friends from school, he forces the kids to get outside to enjoy nature. I can really relate to this movie because I find that I like to get away from everything once in a while and just be a kid again.
Anyway, I guess my point is that we need to force ourselves to remember what is important in life. If you haven't seen Polar Express or Grown Ups, I would highly recommend them to you. Thanks for reading :)
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