Is there such a thing as too many movies?

Hey friends!  I hope you are all surviving after last night's Super Bowl game.  

Personally, I don't have any interest in pro football, so the Super Bowl really isn't something that is important to me.  We did watch, however, once I found out that Michael Oher was playing.  I do love me some "Blind Side".  HAHA!

Since Wednesday, we have literally done NOTHING in this house.  Jameson and Marty have had the dreaded stomach bug, so being productive has just not been an option.  It's hard to go out and do something when you need a bathroom within 5 feet at any given time.  So, we just sat around, sprayed a ton of Lysol, washed a lot of hands, consumed a lot of Sprite and crackers, and watched a lot of movies.  Our DVR and DVD player have really gotten work outs these past few days!

Here are just a few of the movies we've watched this week.

Since Jameson met Nikki Reed at the Scotty McCreery concert in December, he's had a little obsession with her.  So, he didn't complain when I wanted to watch some Twilight movies....well OK, all of the Twilight movies:

I didn't watch them all in a row, but I did manage to squeeze them all in over the past 5 days. 

Don't judge.

We happened to catch X-Men First Class on HBO:

And when we realized that Jennifer Lawrence was in the X-Men movie, we decided to watch The Hunger Games next:

I had a lot of fun telling Marty and Jameson about all the differences between the movie and the books.  (I also did that with the Twilight movies, too.)

We also managed to squeeze in Easy A (Jameson wasn't watching):

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Rodrick Rules (Jameson was definitely watching.):

and Shaun of the Dead (Jameson's request, but it was the edited TV version):

and everyone's favorite movie of the week, Hotel Transylvania, which came out on DVD this week:

**whew**

That's a lot of movies and that's not even counting the bits and pieces of movies we caught here and there throughout the week.

Thankfully Marty and Jameson are on the mend and so far **knocking on wood**, nobody else seems to have symptoms.  Even though we had sickies in the house, it really was a good weekend.

So, I guess the answer would be, NO, there isn't such a thing as too many movies!

Having kids really changes your movie habits.

I remember, long ago, during our pre-children days, hubby and I loved going to the movies.

At least two weekends a month, we would go see the newest and best blockbusters, gorge on greasy, fattening (delicious) popcorn, and finish the evening with a nice meal at a sit-down restaurant.

Then children came along and our movie dates have been limited to kid's movies and once-a-year anniversary- make-a-mad-dash-to-the-movies-and-hurry-up-and-get-the-kids-from-Nana's kind of thing.

The DVD player and Cable have been our friends!

Chelsea didn't enjoy movies that much when she was little because they were too loud and Jameson started off being the same way.....

However, Jameson is now becoming a movie monster!

Now, every time a new movie comes out, he wants to be there on opening night to watch.

Well, you all know how I feel about crowds, so opening night at a children's movie is OUT, OUT, OUT!

Nothing like 500 screaming, crying kids with their helicopter parents, to throw my anxiety level through the roof!

But, since he does seem to love movies so much, we do try to take him to most of the one's he is dying to see.

Just NOT on opening night.

Usually, the movies he wants to see come around about every 3 months or so (thank goodness), but in the past two weeks, he's had two must-see movies....

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

and  How To Train Your Dragon

Diary of a Wimpy Kid was really cute.  Definitely a movie made for elementary and middle school boys.  Lots of gross little boy humor....which is why, I am sure, that Jameson loved it.

I'm not sure that an expensive trip to the theater was the way to go on this one, but I am glad that I saw it.

However, How To Train Your Dragon, was a much different story.

This movie is fantastic!

Me, Chelsea and Jameson sat completely still for the entire movie....engrossed with every second.

The graphics were exceptional, the story was great, and the 3-D visuals were simply incredible!

Oh, did I forget the mention that we splurged on the 3-D version?

Let me tell you, 3-D has advanced a LOOOOOONG way from the old red-and-blue-paper-glasses days!

Which is a good thing since the movies cost so much!

So, if you have kids that don't scare easily....it IS a movie about dragons for goodness sakes.....

GO SEE THE MOVIE!

And if your wallet allows....splurge for the 3-D!

(photos from Google Images)

(I paid for these movies out of my own pocket and this post is in no way a paid endorsements)