Samantha's first blog

Posted By pamelamyers on November 20, 2013

Sam likes movies and we do let her watch a few, but not too many. I am always a bit nervous about giving her bad dreams. So far, we have been pretty selective. She has seen Cinderella, Toy Story and Toy Story II, Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University. All of which are pretty much scary villain free. She finds my Disney movie stash sometimes and had been asking me if she could watch The Rescuers. Not the most popular of Disney movies, but I loved it.  If you have not seen the movie, it is a cartoon about some mice who are part of the Rescue Aid Society and their mission is to rescue a little orphan girl who had been kidnapped from her orphanage by this evil woman who needs Penny to help her find a huge diamond. I still remember seeing this movie when I was a kid and just being fascinated by it. After much cajoling on Sam’s part, I gave in and let her watch it. I did watch it with her to make sure she was ok with everything that was going on. She really liked it, I think mostly because of the little mice more than anything. The movie could be a tad frightening for a little girl Sam’s age, assuming she fully understood some of the darker elements (like the fact that the poor little girl is being held hostage by crazy treasure hunters and is an orphan) but I don’t think Sam really focused on those parts. At any rate, she has watched it quite a few times in the last week or so.

Last night after we went to bed, Mark and I could hear Sam talking. I thought she was saying something to us so I went in to check on her. She was snoozing away, so I figured she was talking in her sleep (which she has done before). A few minutes later, she was still at it so Mark went in to check on her. I didn’t hear Mark say anything to her but I did hear Sam and I swore she was saying “I have to find my fairy.” I had just cleaned up her bed and moved her fairy off into a toy bin, so I figured I’d go in and get it for her. Mark quickly shooed me away and hushed me so I left. Sam was still sleeping and he didn’t want me to wake her. When he came back to bed, she had quieted down and Mark said she kept saying, “We have to save Penny, we have to save Penny!” Now, the only Penny Mark is aware of is Penny on The Big Bang Theory so he could not for the life of him figure out what the heck she was talking about. When he told me that this is what she was saying I clued him in that Penny is the little girl in The Rescuers. We both agreed that the fact that she was dreaming about the movie was just too adorable. Hopefully, she and her little mouse friends did rescue Penny and that is why she finally stopped talking.

I asked her about it today but, just like always when it comes to her dreams, she didn’t recall a thing. At least it didn’t seem to us to be a bad dream for her, just an adventurous one. All I know is, Sam never stops talking, from the minute her little eyes open in the morning until, well…not even when she goes to sleep. 🙂

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