movie time

Thankfully the school holidays are coming to an end, as I'm slowly running out of ways to  entertain the kids. Thankfully, last week, Sony invited the kids and I to a private screening of the movie Zookeeper to celebrate its launch on DVD and Bluray. It was the first major outing I have tried to do since Ben was born. It takes a long time to get everyone ready in the mornings, but we did it and it was worth it! The kids had a great time before the movie doing some colouring in activities and getting their faces painted, as well as overdosing on lollies and other party food. We also had the pleasure of catching up with the ladies behind Woogsworld, Good Googs, Tina Gray {dot} me, and My Little Drummer Boys.

Then it was movie time! The movie is basically about the love life of zoo caretaker Griffin who is trying to snag the girl of his dreams. When he threatens to leave the zoo and get a different job to win her over, the zoo animals help him out with some animal style courtship tips. The movie has a PG rating and overall was ok visually for my kids to watch, but the story line and concepts I think are more aimed at older children and young adults rather than young children. Josh enjoyed it more than Zoe, who has the attention span of a gnat, so we didn't last the whole movie and had to head home early where I then got to watch the rest of it on DVD.

Here's Zoe with her painted face - butterflies, hearts and flowers of course!

And here's Josh, with his face painted with a green giraffe!

It's an entertaining and funny movie, worth a watch these school holidays if you get the chance! The DVD and Blu-ray both have extra special features as well, including some blooper reels. Who doesn't love a blooper reel? I love watching those!