Srsly, both my daughters are really really into Annie. With absolutely no pressure from me, except being the initiator (but I've also introduced them to Mary Poppins, Sound of Music, and the Wizard of Oz, and Annie is the only live-action musical that they've asked for repeat rentings). It seems that my daughters might be vaguely prescient, being intuitively attached to a movie/musical about a spunky girl in the midst of the depression (tho' no daddy warbucks linger in their foreseeable futures, at least I hope not).
What's particularly exceptional to me is the attachment that Kali (my 2 y.o.) has to Annie. On the whole, Kali has a shorter attention span for television than my oldest, who has been fascinated by television and film since she was 1. Kali can barely sit through a Dora the Explorer, and will often give up her "turn" to choose a show to her sister because she just can't be bothered. But Kali absolutely adores Annie. She walks around singing "Tomorrow", with not exactly the correct lyrics (if you know what I mean).
This weekend, after a pre-bed viewing of select songs from Annie, the girls were all PJ'd and brushed and tucked into bed. I had already left the room, and J was about to, as he had talked out Loo, who was sound asleep. But as he was leaving, he told me that Kali picked up her bunny, looked at it, and started singing, "Dumb bunny, why are you following me?"
She cracks me up.
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