Aladdin

Disney's Aladdin is by and far Kimmie's favorite movie and favorite cartoon character. She has gone through many Aladdin books. We have had to replace them because some of the pages became shredded and some of the faces were rubbed off from her pointing at them.

She loves the movie and has watched it over and over and over again. We had to buy a second copy because she wore the first one out. The rest of the family became tired of the movie and started hiding it so we wouldn't have to watch it.

Kimberly has watched it so many times that she is actually rather bored by it. She continues to ask to watch it, but, when allowed to, she ends up crying and screaming and sometimes takes the disk out and throws it. Because of this, we don't allow her to watch the movie any more. She has her books and her stuffed Aladdin toys, so she can pretend and act out the parts she likes.

Grandma's house used to be her Aladdin haven. She knew that they would let her watch it all day long, over and over again. But once the tantrums started happening during the movie, they hid their copy, too.

Now Kimmie goes over there and looks for the Aladdin movie. She studies and studies their movie cupboard hoping to find it. Every room she goes in she stands and looks and looks for her movie. Is it on top of the refridgerator? the microwave? Is it on the organ? in the bookcase?

Poor little Kimmie. Actually, we sometimes let her hold the movie box and that often makes her happy, just holding it and knowing where it's at, even though we won't let her watch it.

--Mom