Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
The following is from the end of the book, Prince Caspian, when Aslan (and Lucy and Susan) moved through the village. “At a well in a yard they met a man who was beating a boy. The stick burst into flower in the man’s hand. He tried to drop it, but it stuck to his hand. His arm became a branch, his body the trunk of a tree, his feet took root. The boy, who had been crying a moment before, burst out laughing and joined them.” (Prince Caspian, C.S. Lewis, p. 172)
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Bike ride at the park
Here in NB, it takes a while for spring to become pretty.
The leaves are just starting to come on the trees.
This is what our counter looks like when we make popcorn.
We watched a movie together on Friday night.
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
We enjoyed watching the Prince Caspian movie last night in the back center seats. 
It was well done, perhaps with an even better plot than the book since quite a bit was added and changed. I was sorry we had just read the book though, because it made me disappointed when it wasn’t the same. I thought the actual Prince Caspian character was more negative than he seemed in the book, and I didn’t know he was Spanish.
Derek thought the first movie was better, but N14 and B9 enjoyed the second movie more. It was more violent than the first, and I probably wouldn’t have taken C6 if I had known. I helped her avoid looking at some of the worst scenes. She was bored with some parts, but did enjoy any scenes with Lucy, Aslan, Reepicheep, or the housecat.
The movie included most of my favorite parts of the book, with the exception of this quote, “Then after an awful pause, the deep voice said, ‘Susan.’ Susan made no answer but the others thought she was crying. ‘You have listened to fears, child,’ said Aslan. ‘Come, let me breathe on you. Forget them. Are you brave again?’”
It did include a variation of this part,
‘I’m sorry,’ said Lucy, who understood some of his moods. ‘I didn’t mean to start slanging the others. But it wasn’t my fault anyway, was it?’
The Lion looked straight into her eyes.
‘Oh, Aslan,’ said Lucy. ‘You don’t mean it was? How could I - I couldn’t have left the others and come up to you alone, how could I? Don’t look at me like that … oh well, I suppose I could. Yes, and it wouldn’t have been alone, I know, not if I was with you. But what would have been the good?’
Aslan said nothing.
‘You mean,’ said Lucy rather faintly, ‘that it would have turned out right - somehow? But how? Please, Aslan! Am I not to know?’
‘To know what would have happened child, said Aslan. ‘No. Nobody is ever told that.’
Here is another interesting quote from the book,
‘Wouldn’t it be dreadful if some day, in our own world, at home, men started going wild inside, like the animals here, and still looked like men, so that you’d never know which were which?’
It continues to surprise and confuse me that Christian church groups thoroughly embrace the Narnia movies, by taking their youth groups, etc., while at the same time, they label the Harry Potter movies as evil. I saw both good and bad “magic” in Prince Caspian. I can’t wait to stand in line at midnight for the next HP movie in November!
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Take the ‘Narnia’ Personality Quiz
http://www.BeliefNet.com/section/quiz/index.asp?sectionID=&surveyID=454
82 ~ You are Peter, who became the High King of Narnia. You are a born leader who everyone naturally gravitates to for guidance and inspiration. You often feel the burden of responsibility, but you always do what’s right because you possess strong morals. Blessed with a golden heart, you always want to help others seek justice.
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
“That’s it. Meeting now. Everyone on the couch.”
Dave ~ Alvin and the Chipmunks movie
There were lots of giggles all around when we rented that movie last night.
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
We are quickly reading Prince Caspian again to be ready for the movie on May 16th.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
B9, C6, and I enjoyed watching this movie for the first time last night. The book, Love Comes Softly, was part of a series I enjoyed as a teenager.
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Do you remember watching Anne of Green Gables The Sequel, where Anne was reading to her class of girls, and they were all sitting there sobbing and then left the room crying?
I was reminded of that scene this morning in our homeschool when I read the last few chapters of Where the Red Fern Grows aloud to C6 and B9.
Looking at this book in relation to my “issues”, it mentioned a few instances of the boy being whipped or switched by his mother, although it obviously didn’t change his behaviour (which reminds me of the Israelites). These quotes stood out:
“I wasn’t scared of him [his father], for he never whipped me. He was always kind and gentle.”
“I could scold them [his dogs] a little, but I could no more have whipped one of them than I could have kissed a girl. After all, a boy just doesn’t whip his dogs.”
I also found the recurring themes of answered prayer and predestination to be interesting.
