Re-runs

My husband and I have resisted the urge to be TV viewers for our entire parenting lives. This has meant a certain rejection from some people. My extended family, for example, refuses to miss their sporting events during the traditional holidays. So, they don't come to our house for those celebrations.
We believe that if you want to watch the screen we have in our livingroom, you should watch a video or DVD. Yes, we are hold-outs in the VHS demise and have garage sale treasures lining a bookshelf out in our breezeway, supplemented by the NetFlix that arrive in our mail box every week.
Now that my daughter is home, she has brought to the livingroom what she considers to be her top movies. We all giggled through the Hispanic-accent penguins in Happy Feet the other night. The movie is made so much richer by Cassidy standing up, belting out the "Gloria" songs complete with the "vamping" body movements that an adolescent penguin makes! Very fun memories.
Tonight we are having another go-round of Parent Trap with Lindsey Lohan. Not only do Cassidy and Mark know every last line in the movie, but they race to be the first to say them! The plot is predictable, yet we love the story. Tonight as I watch, I wonder how this story speaks to the heart of an adopted child....the whole "find mom" and "find dad" thing.
We are actually pondering the idea of getting cable for the winter olympics. It's such a big concession in our 28 year track record, though, we might just have to watch the re-runs.