School has started, the season has started, and life is just very hectic once Fall arrives. I know for some families it can be difficult to come together as a family and spend good quality time together. In our house we do something called Bed-A-Palooza, this is where we bring all the mattresses into the living room, put on our jammies and spend the night just hanging out and watching movies. We watch movies, jump on the beds, eat popcorn, eat way too many Red Vines, tell stories, talk about our week, and eventually we pass out.
This week's movie pick was free thanks to Pure Flix and their 30-day trial (I had to set my account up online to receive the 30-day trial when I tried to do it from my Roku it didn't work, once registered online it worked fine on the Roku). Pure Flix is like Netflix, except it's all wholesome programming. Family-friendly movies and TV shows. I tried it out before family night and was pleasantly surprised to see a warning before the movie that the content might not be acceptable for some little people. We here are pretty liberal with what we let the children watch. But, they have a different understanding than most kids since they have seen their Dad making movies their whole life. Still, when I'm unsure I end up watching a movie before the kids to make sure it is safe for the kids to view, then if it is okay I'm really bored when I go to watch it with the kids because I've seen it already. Only certain movies are meant to be watched again, again.
What are your families favorite movies? Here we love Wizard of Oz, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. These are movies worth watching over and over. But, Pure Flix gave us an opportunity to watch some new things, like Finding Normal.
Fun Facts:
Finding Normal is directed by the director of one of my favorite documentaries Brian Herzlinger (I hope I spelled Brain right). The documentary is My Date With Drew, it's great. My husband has had the opportunity to work with Mr. Herzlinger a couple of times. The second time I asked him to please get my copy of My Date With Drew signed, and he did! Being married to the Art Department has some perks.
Where The Red Fern Grows was filmed on property owned by my family. The preacher in the funeral scene is actually my Great Grandpa. So, when I miss him more than usually I can just turn on Where The Red Fern Grows and hear his voice again. It's something very special to me.
So, who is up for Bed-A-Palooza?
This week's movie pick was free thanks to Pure Flix and their 30-day trial (I had to set my account up online to receive the 30-day trial when I tried to do it from my Roku it didn't work, once registered online it worked fine on the Roku). Pure Flix is like Netflix, except it's all wholesome programming. Family-friendly movies and TV shows. I tried it out before family night and was pleasantly surprised to see a warning before the movie that the content might not be acceptable for some little people. We here are pretty liberal with what we let the children watch. But, they have a different understanding than most kids since they have seen their Dad making movies their whole life. Still, when I'm unsure I end up watching a movie before the kids to make sure it is safe for the kids to view, then if it is okay I'm really bored when I go to watch it with the kids because I've seen it already. Only certain movies are meant to be watched again, again.What are your families favorite movies? Here we love Wizard of Oz, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. These are movies worth watching over and over. But, Pure Flix gave us an opportunity to watch some new things, like Finding Normal.
Fun Facts:
Finding Normal is directed by the director of one of my favorite documentaries Brian Herzlinger (I hope I spelled Brain right). The documentary is My Date With Drew, it's great. My husband has had the opportunity to work with Mr. Herzlinger a couple of times. The second time I asked him to please get my copy of My Date With Drew signed, and he did! Being married to the Art Department has some perks.
Where The Red Fern Grows was filmed on property owned by my family. The preacher in the funeral scene is actually my Great Grandpa. So, when I miss him more than usually I can just turn on Where The Red Fern Grows and hear his voice again. It's something very special to me.
So, who is up for Bed-A-Palooza?