Almost Angels

Next up on the list is an older movie from the 60's about some boys in the Vienna Boys' Choir. 

I ended up watching this one alone. It was nice to listen to the music, but mostly I found it sad that the boys are put under so much pressure to have these lovely high pitched voices and then they dread when their voices drop because then they cannot have the solos they wanted. There were plenty of little boy jokes and pranks, though. It was a bit boring, although it was a pretty rainy and boring morning anyway. 

We were inspired to write and perform our own little song. We do love singing in my family but we never wrote our own song together so that was a lot of fun. It was about stars. I snapped a picture while he was singing about how they shine so bright. 

A Friendship in Vienna

Today we watched an older Disney Channel Premiere film, A Friendship in Vienna.

This movie was educational. We learned a lot about what it was like to live in Vienna during that time. It was obviously sad, and sometimes scary. I didn't like how it ended - the girls just never see or talk to each other again. If this was present day, those girls would have just found each other on social media. It is crazy to think how many friendships just ended back then because of people moving away or losing touch. Nowadays you can stay friends with your preschool pals and catch up online. 

We were inspired by this movie to make friendship bracelets. I made one with thread for the kid. He made one with beads.