A Party, Bee Movie

This past weekend was busy as usual. Saturday was Naomi's belated 6th birthday party. Friends from her school and in the local neighbourhood descended on our backyard for a "messy party". This was something that Mindy and Naomi had dreamt up and the name pretty much speaks for itself. There were various stations around the yard – a mud pit; whipped cream; spaghetti noodles; shredded paper; body paint and sprinklers. It all finished with a water balloon fight – I clocked Mindy a beauty right in the face…but wore a handful of mud as a result. All of the kids seemed to have fun – not so sure about the parents having to clean them up! Naomi spent literally the last hour of the party wallowing in the mud pit and getting completely covered in the stuff.

Sunday was the return of our “Young Humanist” group. We had some new families show interest so we will see if we get enough interest to allow it to continue. It was fun and the kids enjoyed playing with the other children that were there, despite Naomi’s initial hesitation.

In the evening we watched the animated “Bee Movie” and pretty much hated it. It was trying to be too cute, some gags aimed at adults that were not appropriate for young kids and it was not really that interesting. The kids sat through it but did not really think it was that anything special, shown by the complete lack of talk/play surrounding the bee theme after the movie. I think that the Pixar folks are the best at getting the balance just right in their animation – kids movies that adults can enjoy. If I was looking to grade the film, “Dee Movie” would have been a more appropriate title.