Little Pumpkin

We were moving quite a bit of stuff today to the new house, cleaning out more of the garage and the living room, where Mommy has been stacking up stuff in a huge "outbox." As Daddy lugged items to the new house throughout the day, Mommy kept Madison busy with some fun activities, including some paper plate pumpkins. Madison was excited to make a few different pumpkins out on the back deck, and at one point Daddy came home to see his little pumpkin. "Happy face," she'd tell us, as she hoisted up her creations proudly. "Orange," she'd add, describing the pumpkins she'd been coloring in.

Daddy didn't get as much as he'd like done today, as he's been under the weather a bit. It was pretty much for that reason that we decided to simply watch a movie in bed tonight - Madison chose "Pocahontas," which she'd never seen before. Of course, she knows the main character, having seen her at Disney and other Disney Princess material. But this was her first time watching the movie. We didn't watch the entire thing, but we did watch enough to get her giggling at Flit and Meeko, or enjoying the musical numbers. "Colors of the Wind" is such a classic.

Generally, I laugh at those people who enjoy pointing out the problems with "Pocahontas," such as the fact that she was really very young when she met John Smith. Or other historical inaccuracies. Never once have I heard any of these same folks complain that she gets advice from a talking tree, or that she had a pet hummingbird!

Anyway, Madison did meet a new Disney Princess tonight. We'll try again with this movie closer to Thanksgiving. Yes, I know this story is completely different from the Thanksgiving story. But it does show the Indians at the end bringing food and attempting to make peace with the settlers in the end, and that's always a good theme.