Ok, I admit, I'm not your normal "mom". I don't dress up my girls everyday to match. I don't really even do their hair. Most the time it's a ponytail, although since there was '80s day at school a few months ago, Rebekkah wants a "side" ponytail almost everyday. Believe me, I have to put my foot down on that one. MAYBE once a week I'll give in. Everyday they are pretty much in jeans and a t-shirt....why? Because that's the easiest, simplest, thing to deal with.
At some point I thought I was a pretty "cool" mom...knew what was hip and jazzy and all that nonsense. But I was awakened a while back to the fact that I had no idea what was going on in the world, when Rebekkah started coming home talking about Hanna Montana and High School Musical. I have to admit, I had no clue what she was even talking about. Then I saw different peoples blogs and realized that not only was there a High School Musical 1 Movie, but there was a High School Musical 2!!! Where was I during the first one? And who are these people having High School Musical 2 Parties????!!!!! I was feeling VERY "uncool" at that point.
Well, we do the Netflix thing. And so I finally decided I better figure out what all the hype was about. So I told them to send me the movie and I'd see if it was worth it. After doing some digging, I soon realized that duh!!! It all came from the "Disney" channel! Gee, no wonder I have no idea what this is. We don't have the "Disney" channel, ANY cable channel for that matter. The only time the TV is on is during a basketball/football game, or Tuesday nights for "The Biggest Loser". Hence my uninteligence in the MUSICAL area.
The long awaited movie arrived...and it sat, and sat, and sat, next to our TV. I'm sure if the girls would have known that it was there, it wouldn't have SAT so long. But they didn't, so it continued to sit, and sit, and sit. Finally, last Friday, I told the girls that I had the movie and wondered if they might want to watch it. Joyous Cries and Screams were heard for miles!!!! I had NO idea what the movie entailed, so I told them that we could watch it, but if something was on there that I didn't like, it would promptly be turned OFF.
Well, the movie played, and played, and played. And to my complete "disgust", there was nothing bad in it. And of course the girls absolutely fell in love with it. AND want to see the 2nd one because "mom, there's a second one out too, and we HAVE to see that one now that we've seen the FIRST". My girls love pretty much anything that has music in it...so this movie, they just love. And now, I'm the cool mom once again because I let them watch High School Musical! And I might even think about letting them watch #2!
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That is FUNNY!! In the last few months I happened upon the Disney Channel, but I was out of the loop for a long time about High School Musical too!!
You sound like the kind of mom I would be with a girl!
Funny. My copy of High School Musical came in the mail this week. We've watched about half so far, and I have to say that it is very cute. It's definitely not Beverly Hills 90210!
Okay. I'll put it in My Queue. I've not seen it either. I wonder if boys'll like it. (You should order Waitress from Netflix..not for kiddos, but I think you'd like it) We canceled TV channels altogether this week!!! WEEEE! So now we must...uh...communicate and stuff. Wish us luck.
nerd alert! just kidding. it's amazing what we "know" about just based on boy/girl/age/tv status... i love to her kiersten say hannah montana-it kinda rolls together. i've never seen HSM1 OR 2 but they've been on tv and the kids have watched it. was it any good?
i don't think it's a bad thing that you've been out of the loop. i think it's great that you don't watch hardly any t.v. in your house!
k jenny, i added Waitress to my queue thingy. I dont know if the boys would like it or not, seems more of a girly movie but you never know!
Diane, yes the movie is cute--better then i thought it was going to be!
are you living under a rock? in the desert? of another planet? life was so much quieter before high school musical. that movie makes me cringe. it's not the singing...that's fine, it's the overacting, forced laughs/giggles, and pretty much everything else. now hannah montana is my girl. cute show,cute songs! oh the things we do for our kids.
OK I admit I am a High School Musical fan. I know it's cheesy. I too like the music. I can even make a CD of the songs for your girls :)
I am totally out of the loop too. I still haven't seen HSM 1 or 2 and all the other Disney hoopla.
Brace yourself...there's a High School Musical THREE coming out soon. ..Just so you can stay on top of the whole "cool mom" thing you got goin' on. Only it's coming out in the theater instead of on Disney channel.
I'm not a mom yet so I guess that's my excuse. But I've neer seen High School Musical or Hannah Montana. I'm out of the loop too.
I will call you this week when the CD is ready and I can drop it by :)
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