This week, we have been celebrating Catholic Schools Week and yesterday to end our celebration with the kids, kindergarten through fourth grade went into the Parish Hall to watch Ramona and Beezus. Our school secretary left early in the morning because her father is very ill and in the hospital, prayers are welcome, and I was the only other person at school who knew how to pull attendance for the day. If the attendance does not get pulled in the computer system, it will not come out correctly on report cards. At the beginning of the movie, I went to pull attendance, and when I came back, I walked into the movie just as Ramona's teacher is muting the children with her invisible button. I thought to myself, why have I not invented this myself?
I must say I read a few of the Beverly Clearly books when I was in school, but I did not read Beezus and Ramona. I knew going to watch the movie that Ramona is a lively, spunky 8 or 9 year old, who tends to find herself in unwanted trouble. You can actually read the first couple of chapters online at this link, http://browseinside.harpercollinschildrens.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780380709182. What I saw of the movie it was very cute, but of course there was kissing, which led to the children saying, "EWW!" In fact there was kissing a few times in the movies and when Beezus kisses Henry at the end, Alexander looks at me and says, "Why do they that, this is a kids movie, don't they realize that is inappropriate?"
This comment made me laugh, I really think I'm rubbing off on some of the children. Thursday afternoon during dismissal, Cosmas told me his sister, in high school, likes to watch Jersey Shore when mom and dad aren't home.
Margaret says, "I have never heard of that show."
"Oh, good, because that is inappropriate. Ms. J. would say that is good parenting. You have good parents."
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