Smurfs

Right now the kids are a bit . . . well . . . .  obsessed with the Smurfs.

The new movie came out yesterday and they are all dying to see it.

It all started about a year ago when we got a game on the iPad. In the game the surfs grow crops and do other things that Papa smurf tells them to do. This was their first introduction into the world of the smurfs.
It's a fun game that all the kids like to play.

While looking in the toy aisle on various trips to the shops we have seen some smurf lego and some smurf figurines.

Then about three weeks ago Buzz discovered that the old surfs cartoons were playing on tv every morning so we started to record them.

They absolutely love them and are always asking if they can watch the recorded episodes.

So they are all very excited to go and see the new movie.

We made a deal with them though . . . . they have to earn the treat of going to the movies to see the surfs.

The deal is that they have to keep their bedrooms clean for a whole week! Tough I know! They also have to try really hard to be much nicer to each other. There are lots of little fights that go on and I'm getting a bit tired of being told that, "Amie touched me," or "Lachlan hurt me," etc.

Anyway, today their rooms were cleaned and the challenge begins! I don't care if they get their toys out and play in their rooms as long as by the time they go to bed it is all cleaned up again.

I think that there will be a lot of reminding going on all weeks, but hopefully next week they will have finished the challenge and we can enjoy some fun family time together!