We turned down the lights, opened the blinds so that Mae would leave them alone, and ate M&M's while we watched the movie. Sadie was pretty fascinated, especially by the fact that there were five sisters in the family. She began by insisting that Therese was Mary, then began calling her Mary Therese and then finally started calling her and every nun that came across the screen "Holy Baby!" in an excited voice.
Sadie's ongoing dialogue can be pretty amusing if it doesn't drive anyone crazy. As we watched the movie she chatted pretty much non-stop: "Where are they? Where is France? She is Mary. Who is she? What are they doing? Where is she going? What is she doing? Where are they?..."
After that Sadie was pretty excited to color in the pages that I'd printed out, followed by chaos that was a result of a M&M misjudgement (the misjudgment was giving them chocolate at all, even as a treat).
They did seem to wear themselves out with all the running and squealing, however, and were in bed by 7:15. Now if only they would sleep through the night...
Well Sadie's not far off, Therese was born Marie Francoise Therese Martin.
ReplyDeleteSt. Therese has always been a favorite saint of mine... might have something to do with the fact that my given name is Marie Therese... ;)
ReplyDeleteSadie is just like my Andrew. He talks straight through every movie we watch, too - even ones he's seen before. :)
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