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I totally refuse to grow up, and tonight I even proved that to myself.  My daughter came into my room here a couple hours ago and told me that all the Pixar short films was on ABC family.  So, I flipped the channel over and watched the first couple of short flix.  The next thing I knew is that I’d sat here for a full 2 hours watching the entire show.  But, I can’t help it.  I love those kinds of movies.  I think I saw the movie Cars like a dozen times.

Being a mom, I’ve been subjected to kids movies for most of the past 20 years.  But, my kids have gotten to a point where they’ve kind of grown out of this movie niche, but I still love them.  I remember when the movie “James and the Giant Peach” first came out on VHS.  My son had gotten it for his birthday or Christmas, or something like that.  He and his little sister watched that movie over and over again.  I can still almost recite the entire thing by heart.  It was a great movie, though.

Ironically, I’m not the only one in our family who enjoys these computer animated, made-for-kids type movies.  My mother-in-law is the same way.  Whenever another of these types of movies comes out, she always asks my kids if they want to see it.  Not because she wants to be the sweet grandmotherly type (which she is anyway), but because she doens’t want to look silly going to see the movie by herself.  I’ve told her more than once that I’d be more than happy to go with her, but she just thinks we’d both look weird.  LOL

My theory?  When you stop enjoying the sillier things in life, it’s time to give up the ghost.