THEY DON'T MAKE 'EM LIKE THEY USED TO

So, we watched my all-time favorite Disney movie with James yesterday afternoon, The Fox and the Hound. I remember watching it a few years ago (for the first time in a long while) and being surprised by the "addle-brained female" and similar He-Man Woman-Hater comments made throughout. However, we hadn't even thought about how the hunting and bear attack scene would effect James. He was so concerned for Chief when he fell off the railroad track bridge (while chasing Tod) that he screamed (a very high-pitched terrified scream that we'd actually never heard from him before) and looked to us asking 'Okay?! Okay?! He okay?!', and that's when we realized that our baby boy is already at the age where we're going to have to start explaining the sad things in life to him. Chief was hurt, yes, but he was okay. Good thing we weren't watching Bambi... During the bear scene, James was sitting in his own chair near the TV and we could tell right away that he was visibly scared, but like a deer in headlights, he couldn't look away. Jay had to go scoop him up and hold him tight, and all the while James kept asking if the characters were okay. Poor Bub Bubs. I think we'll hold off on the other "old" Disney movies for a while, since "they don't make 'em like they used to", and that's probably a good thing in some instances!

On a more positive note, James really did enjoy the movie overall, and we loved that he kept naming things he saw on the screen... owl, birds, puppy, fox, big dog, baby (what he called baby Copper), man, snake (he thought the worm was a snake and we couldn't convince him otherwise!), trees, leaves, forest, bear, train tracks, car, rain, fire, house, etc.. And no, we have no intention of teaching him the words associated with hunting (kill, gun, etc.) anytime soon.