[ mad hatter ]

sooooooo... i've always had a soft spot for alice in wonderland. i think it comes from spending hours as a child looking at the book we had at home, being fascinated with the pages where the type was like a path or making another shape.

my husband mike & i decided, on a rainy saturday, to take the boys to see it at the cinema. i called beforehand to check that it would be ok for a 4 & 2 year old. the guy that picked up the phone very 'helpfully' told me he hadn't seen it ~ & that some people said it was really scary while others said it wasn't scary at all...

we went all the same but did notice that our kids were by far the youngest ones in line!! oh well... whats the worst thats going to happen, we'll just have to leave!

i know i'm going to sound like an old person now... i haven't been to the cinema in a while but i was quite surprised how much it cost! 2 adults, a 4 & 2 year old came to $52, but we were doing the whole imax thing. so great... if it is going to freak the boys out it'll freak them in 3D!

we get in our seats shuffling round the 'sack' of popcorn & 'buckets' of drink!! only in america!!

oscar was totally at home straight way, munching away cross legged with his 3D glasses on... even before anything was 3D.

flynn kept shouting random phrases & words out. i know this is a total mom thing that i thought that was funny, i'm sure it was really annoying everyone else. oh well! & his glasses kept falling off...

all in all we enjoyed it ~ the boys watched it right through to the end. [ fanfare! ]

i was in the library the other day & overheard a very 'proper' mom telling someone that it's not for children under 10... oops!!

as a side note... [ about the mad hatter: ]

mercury was used in the making of hats. this was known to have affected the nervous systems of hatters, causing them to tremble and appear insane. a neurotoxicologist wrote 'mercury exposure can cause aggressiveness, mood swings, and anti-social behaviour.' mmmmm ~ i know a few milliners although i've never seen their hats!

mercury poisoning is still known today as 'mad hatter's disease'.