Annalie Turnblad
January 9th, 2008
My mom and I took Annalie with us to see Hairspray at the theater a few months ago, and she loved the upbeat dancing and music, though she got bored with the story quickly. I got the soundtrack, and after we listened to it once in the minivan on our road trip to Omaha last summer, I decided that maybe I didn’t want my 3.5-year-old listening to some of the lyrics again and again lest she ask me to explain what “the flasher who lives next door” is or start talking about “Negro Day” (the movie is partially about civil rights in the early 60s). I decided we’d just take that one out of the CD player when Annalie was in the van.
Except Annalie LOVED the soundtrack and started asking for it by name. She especially enjoyed the big opening number that Tracy Turnblad sings, “Good Morning Baltimore”. Here is her rendition!
“Good Morning, ‘Valtimore’” & play-dough from bethany actually on Vimeo.
January 9th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Totally cute! Isn’t it amazing what they remember after only one exposure? Ross caught a bit of Monty Python’s Holy Grail when he was four. We found him in the hall after bedtime, given away by his uproarious laughter. To this day, he’ll occasionally offer up, “FFFFWHUMP! - I’ve cut your arm off! - No, you haven’t,” and then fall into giggles. He’s seen the whole movie a couple of times but that scene - the first he saw - remains his favorite.
January 9th, 2008 at 11:54 am
She really is a neat little girl. You guys should come visit sometime :)
Yes we should! We loved British Columbia on our one and only visit there, but we have dear friends in Oregon so you never know, we might just show up for a visit one day!
January 9th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Wow. She is *hella* cute. I especially like the snow video and her singing about growing bigger everyday. You know, Hairspray is not the worst movie you could have taken her to. At least it wasn’t a scary horror flick or anything.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Hee hee, it doesn’t take much effort to mishear that as “Good morning, Voldemort”! ;-)
Hahaha! Sarah, you’re right! :-)
January 9th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
“Valtimore.” and “Teaaa a dwink wif jam and bwead!”…..some of my faves that Annalie says and sings :o) She is a trip, Bethany!
January 9th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
PS - Clicked on “Queen Bethany”, and found Ellen’s blog - I really like it!
January 9th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Oh my gosh, how adorable was that!?
January 9th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
So sweet!
January 9th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
VALTIMORE! I swear I’m not going to be able to see that movie or hear that song again without thinking of Annalie’s VALTIMORE.
sweetness.
ooooh playdough!
Also, I’ve tried to tell Annalie that the line is, “It’s like a message from high above,” but she remains convinced that the message is from “high a-bowl.” Cracks me up every time.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
So stinkin’ cute!! And very talented with the play-doh too!
January 9th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
I liked the morning talk about Gumball and friends, too :)
You could always make a special “Annalie Mix” cd that has the songs that are ok for her, plus maybe some others that she likes on it :)
January 9th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
She’s such a cutie pie, what a joy to have in your house.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:02 am
What a cutie — smart too!
January 10th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Saw you in Andrea’s fishbowl…I’m in Toronto!
January 11th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
You should totally come to Oregon (from the comment above!)
My mom let me see Dirty Dancing at 8 or something, and it only took me ONCE to memorize the entire movie.
My grandparents were horrified. I’m still angry I don’t have any super high silver dancing shoes :)
April 12th, 2008 at 8:21 am
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