Yesterday we watched a movie together and I can not recommend it highly enough – if you haven’t yet seen The Waterhorse, I urge you to run to the nearest rental store and get a copy of it. It’s charming, it’s funny, and it puts a spin on the origins of the Loch Ness Monster. Breanna probably didn’t really understand most of it, but she enjoyed watching the sea creature running around (especially with the dog) and Hayley absolutely loved it.

What’s additionally great about it is that it’s not just a kids’ movie because George and I really enjoyed it as well, although I missed part of it while cleaning up the kitchen – I’ll have to see the parts I missed.

You might want to screen it first if you have kids who are particularly sensitive because I can see how it could be scary. Hayley jumped a few times but had no residual side effects (no trouble sleeping or nightmares) and Breanna is very much like me. I’ll watch horror movies in the hopes of being terrified – Breanna is scared of eyes in the dark (such as when a cartoon character is looking around a dark room and the whole screen is black except for a pair of blinking eyes) but she loves them too.

Definitely a hit and it will probably be a regular rotation movie over here.

(I was really amused that a couple of hours after we had all watched and enjoyed it, I got an email from my sister saying that we absolutely must see the movie. I guess good taste runs in the family!)