Why, hello there, Mr. Lovebug

I remember when I was just learning how to talk, one of my first sentences and also what my parents joke about being my first word (not quite sure on the accuracy of that statement though) was me trying to quote Thumper from Bambi when he says, "Eating greens gives you long ears and great big feet!" But I'm pretty sure when I said it, it was just nonsensical stuff but at the very end of the line, I would throw my hands up in the air and scream "EET!"

I almost wish my parents recorded me doing this, although I can remember doing it. I just think it'd be goofy to watch little Jess speaking baby talk and getting so excited over something so small.

I used to watch Bambi and other Disney movies religiously, as well as other more obscure movies, like The Thief and the Cobbler, Totoro, Gay Purr-ee, Fievel, etc. Disney movies practically raised me. Dad would put in whatever movie I felt like watching at the time into the VCR machine (I still have a majority of the VHS's except for the Little Mermaid one, and I'm almost positive we had one of the "special" boxes with the picture on it! I was so upset when I found out there was a hidden picture on it, only to find out my mom had sold it) and then he would fall asleep on the couch as I sat right in front of the TV gazing up at it. I would be sitting on my baby blanket with Minnie Mouse all over it, watching princess movies and every other movie imaginable, over and over again. I would be content watching the same movie more than twice a day, in fact I was thrilled at the thought! I would put the VHS in our dandy VHS rewinder that resembled a car, and once that was done, I'd put it back into the VCR to enjoy the cinematic adventure again =P

I miss those days a lot - I think everything was much more simple when it was just a girl, her baby blanket, and a bunch of Disney movies to provide her entertainment =)

^ totally rhymed, completely unintentional

Flower: "Well! What's the matter with them?"
Thumper: "Why are they acting that way?"
Friend Owl: "Why, don't you know? They're twitterpated."
Flower, Thumper & Bambi: "Twitterpated?"
Friend Owl: "Yes. Nearly everyone gets twittepated in the springtime. For example: You're walking along, minding your own business. You're looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face. Woo-woo! You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you're walking on air. And then you know what? You're knocked for a loop and you completely lose your head!"
Thumper: "Gosh, that's awful."
Flower: "Gee whiz."
Bambi: "Terrible!"
Friend Owl: "And that ain't all. It could happen to anyone, so you'd better be careful. It could happen to you.. or you, or even.. yes, it could even happen to you!"
Thumper: "Well, it's not gonna happen to me."
Bambi & Flower: "Me neither."
(Bambi ♥)