"Everything The Light Touches...Is Our Kingdom"

Boys,

Mommy and Daddy got the movie "The Lion King" for the both of you a few weeks ago, and we have watched it numerous times since then. The very first night we got it we also bought the two of you a big Simba stuffed animal in hopes that the two of you would share it... however, Benjamin you quickly became attached to it and refused to share it with your little brother! So the four of us sat down and had some popcorn and watched the movie together.

Daddy had mentioned in a previous letter that the movie "Ghost Dad" was the first time he ever went to a movie theater, and this is correct, but the first movie Daddy ever watched in it's entirety in a movie theater was "The Lion King". Daddy was so scared of the movie "Ghost Dad" that we stayed long enough to open up our candy before Nana and Grandpa had to leave!

Daddy would never have thought that one of the first movie's he watched when he was younger he would be sitting down with the two of you and Mommy to watch! Since that night Benjamin you have wanted to watch the movie over and over again referring to it mostly as "Kitty", and sometimes even "Kitty King". You get sad at the scene where Simba and Mufasa get caught in the stampede, and rightfully so! Jonathan, you like Scar and when they sing and dance and it strikes Daddy as odd that you like all the bad characters in these movies! You love Nigel the bad bird in RIO, and you like Scar!

Instead of having the two of you fight for the big Simba stuffed animal we bought, Mommy and Daddy went back to the store a few nights later and got the big Nala stuffed animal so that you would each have one... and as expected Benjamin you quickly tried to claim that one for yourself too! You really love the Simba though because each night you make sure that if he isn't already in your crib you go and search for him to bring him to your crib. You can't sleep without your Mickey Mouse, and now you can't sleep without your Simba!

Jonathan you're not attached to the Nala which isn't really a bad thing, but maybe someday you'll figure out how much you like that or the Simba and then we might be in for some real trouble. The two of you need to learn how to share with one another! Well, Daddy thought he'd write to the two of you about how much you guys enjoy watching this movie and what we went through with the stuffed animals so that someday when the two of you have kids of your own and sit down to enjoy this Disney Classic you can remember the first time the two of you sat down with Mommy and Daddy to watch it.

The King of Pride Rock,
Daddy