magic
So, we have added another movie to our kid’s collection. And he is OBSESSED.
That’s him flying.
On a broom.
Chelsea took this photo today over at Finn’s house and emailed it with this note:
He keeps yelling “KIKI! FLIES!” as he runs around with the broom
between his legs!
Kiki’s Delivery Service is another Japanese Miyazaki film that we let Harrison watch. It’s a pretty strange movie about a witch who at 13, as is tradition with all witch families, leaves home to find a new city to complete her witch-training, on her own.
It makes no sense, really. Perhaps it’s lost in translation. Regardless – the kid wakes talking about Kiki, asks us to read non-existent books about Kiki and asks that we sing him songs about Kiki at bedtime. This last request results in off-key, poorly-rhymed strings of incoherent sing-song-statements about a little girl with a black cat flying through the air on her magic broom and then going home and closing her eyes and going to sleep… closing eyes and going to sleep… closing eyes and going to sleep…
Listening: Local Natives
Cute!! I agree, that movie makes no sense. Matt was obsessed with Nausicaa when he was a kid.
I haven’t seen Nausicaa… just watched a trailer – looks pretty amazing – violence, sci-fi, flying… what more could a kid ask for?
: )
love it. that imagination! so funny that “closing eyes and going to sleep” works. he probably dreams about Kiki all night.
HA! That’s so funny. We end every bedtime story (also made up) with the characters closing their eyes and going to sleep too…it doesn’t always work that well for us but we still do it.