4th of July weekend reflections

Over 4th of July weekend, I introduced my son to the movie An American Tail. He loved it! (even though those wave monsters and that machine mouse are still pretty scary…) Didn’t realize until we watched it again that it was produced by Steven Spielberg and the film score was composed by James Horner! Or that Christopher Plummer (the dad in Sound of Music, and also in Knives Out!) voiced the dopey cat character, Henri. Haha! Fun movie. Also, when I was a kid, I did not pick up on the fact that this movie was really about what life is like for immigrants coming to America. That part resounded loud and clear and beautifully in this story.Best part about watching that movie – Aden now wants to talk to and involve the Statue of Liberty (i.e. me doing a Lady Liberty impression) in his fun and playful scenarios. The Statue of Liberty was barely introduced in the movie as a character. It was being built by a French pigeon at the start of the movie, and was completed by the movie’s end. And…