When Shawn was little ...

... he loved this movie. And there had been a few occasions over the last 16 years or so where he had been reminded of that fact. The first that I most definitely recall was when Austen and Kale were little. Bailey may not have even been here yet (not sure). But something sparked a memory in him, and he went on the hunt for the movie. It wasn't easy to find, and I believe we ended up renting it, but he really, really wanted the boys to see it. And they did, and they loved it. (Okay, i don't really remember if they loved it, but for the sake of this story, I'm going with "they loved it". )

So fast forward to this past weekend, 2009. Shawn, Bailey and I were (sort of) watching Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (the 2nd one). That movie is so silly and ridiculous. And there is the very funny part where Ace is driving the jeep and singing the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang song, and there it was .... the second time Shawn realized that he loved this movie as a child. And so it was that when we were heading out to Old Navy and Best Buy on Saturday evening with Roy and Joan that Shawn made it his mission to find (and buy) that movie. And he did. Shawn, Bailey and I watched it on Sunday. (The boys weren't too interested this time around ... haha.) And did you know ... it's 2.5 hours long? Yeah. I didn't know that either. But it really is so adorable, and sweet. I'm really glad Shawn found it, and that we watched it together, just like we had done with Austen and Kale. It really is a wonderful little (long) movie.

And all of this talk got us to thinking about Austen's little love affair with Calamity Jane. Yes, you read that correctly. My little dude adored that movie when he was little. So much so that Grandma Joan searched high and low to give it to him for some occasion, any occasion and never found it back then. I do believe she had it in her collection of old films, and he would always watch it there, and he just loved it so. While at Best Buy, Shawn also searched for it, but didn't have any luck. This is another one I'd love to have Bailey watch. I think she'd really love it, too. So, I will start searching on the internet, and hope that I find it.