Air Buddies

Air Buddies is a spin-off of the Air Bud series. 

It was cute. This time the animals talk so that adds a little extra interest for the kids. Some of them were pretty funny. The poor puppies ran away after they found out they were being given up for adoption. A little bratty kid wants the puppies. The story line is similar to the original series. 

We decided to stamp a few puppies and color them. I made my puppies into a card. 

There are quite a few of these "Buddies" movies, but instead of doing them all now we are going to watch them later as they come up in the alphabet. Trust me, it is better this way! 

Air Bud Spikes Back

Air Bud is back and he learns to play another sport, this time Volleyball. 

I love kid movies but I think we can all agree that this particular plot is getting old. Maybe if I didn't just watch the first four movies this one would have been a tiny bit more exciting. Maybe. I think at this point I was just done with the series. At least there was a parrot this time. 

We went over to the park and played at the volleyball net. Volleyball isn't really one of my favorite sports and the sand was pretty hot. It was neat to try something new though. 

Air Bud 7th Inning Fetch

Get ready for another sports movie about a skillful dog and yet another villain who likes to kidnap puppies. 

Another repetitive plot, but this time we get to see a girl play. Another villain comes along to kidnap the puppies. Buddy the dog plays baseball and tries to save his pups. The kid seems to really enjoy this type of movie so I think a 4-7 year old audience won't really notice. 

We love baseball in this family. The boys are always playing in leagues during this time of year. This week we were able to watch one of my nephews play in a tournament. It was very exciting to watch the winning team!  

Air Bud: World Pup

Back again with another Air Bud sequel. This time, he plays one of the kid's favorites, soccer. 

Buddy got a bit busy this time around and had some puppies. Big surprise - they get kidnapped! Another villain, another sport, another kidnapping. These movies are starting to get a bit predictable! This one was straight to video. 

I am sure you could take a wild guess - we were inspired to play soccer! The Kid seems to be enjoying each different sport, so that's nice. Honestly, though, we were at a birthday party with a pool when I tried to play soccer, so it lasted maybe 3 minutes. Oh, well. 

Stay tuned for even more Air Bud movies... next time!

Air Bud: Golden Receiver

We watched the sequel to Air Bud, and this time it was all about football. 

Another couple of villains show up in the sequel wanting to make Buddy work in their circus and Buddy gets kidnapped again. It is the same boy in the movie, but now he is a little older and upset about his mother dating a new guy. This guy buys Josh a football and they find out that Buddy is excellent at another sport. Buddy joins the football team with Josh - because the township still hasn't made a rule against animals who don't attend the school playing for the team. 

It was a pretty good sequel, and the only other Air Bud movie that actually played in theaters. We were inspired to play football while down the shore this weekend. 

Air Bud

Get ready for weeks of Air Bud movies. We start our first one with the original Air Bud. 

The first Air Bud really is sweet and reminds me of some other classic 90's sports movies, but it adds in the dog aspect, which was also pretty big in the 90's. 2 for 1 deal. The villain is pretty good as far as villains go. The kid cried and cried at the part where (SPOILER) the boy tries to abandon Buddy. It was very emotional. 

We took inspiration from the movie and decided to practice shooting hoops at the park down the street. It was a nice day outside and there are so many parks around here, might as well use them.