An A for The Bee! (By Sun and Candlelight)

From the Heart of your Home ...

Little Crafts for November

Today we went on a little field trip to see The Bee Movie, and I think we can safely say it lived up to all the buzz. My boys gave it a solid A - and though admittedly we're not hard to please, it really was quite enjoyable.

In addition to being highly entertaining, the movie also presented several excellent rabbit trails to follow: bees, beekeeping, honey, pollination, ecological balance ... even business ethics! I now have quite a little bee unit in mind for the spring. (And that should be right about the time The Bee Movie comes out on DVD!)

But if I may, let me give you a little back story. (You knew you weren't getting away without backstory, lol.) Several months ago we saw the previews for The Bee Movie (remember Jerry Seinfeld in a bee suit?) and I marked down the release date in my planner. Then I pretty much forgot about it, but apparently Crackerjack kept it in mind.

Now, earlier this month we went on a Book Group field trip to see The Dark is Rising, a movie based on the book by the same name which Bookworm read for the September meeting. The movie was rated PG, and though I knew it would be fine for 12 year old Bookworm, I wasn't too sure about 8 year old Crackerjack. He really wanted to go (mostly so as not to miss out) and when I read reviews that made it sound do-able, I decided to bring him along. Well, two seconds into the movie I knew it was a mistake - CJ spent most of the movie with his eyes shut and his hands clamped over his ears! Don't get me wrong, the movie was good (if perhaps a bit dark), for a pre-teen, but we all agreed afterward that it really should have been rated PG-13.

Anyhoo, as the credits rolled, Crackerjack turned to me and said, "Mama, PLEASE may we see The Bee Movie the DAY it comes out?" As if somehow that would make up for the Dark is Rising debacle, lol. I readily agreed, and when the day came, we had lined up several friends to attend the matinee with us. :)