Posted by
Ed Lilly on Friday, December 19, 2008 9:43:10 PM
"The Princess Bride" is one of our family's favorite movies. I remember seeing it when it came out with my roommate. Hilarious then and now.
I bought the DVD several years ago, figuring that eventually the kids would watch and enjoy it.
Apparently that time has come. In a big way.
As my parents pretty much always have Princess Bride in their in-car DVD system, the kids watch it whenever they visit and we take their car as the whole family transport vehicle.
So on Sunday, after Gammy and Papa's latest visit, my son, who is 4 going on 5 in February, sat down at lunch, picked up his green plastic cup of milk, turned to me, and said, "So, dad, is down to you, and it is down to me. You drink from your cup, and I drink from mine."
Then he and his big sister decided to act out the rest of the scene, commenting on how they switched cups when each other's backs were turned, then they laughed until they suddenly "dropped dead."
It won't always be so easy for them to amuse us so greatly. It's nice that they do it so naturally now. We're blessed.