Movies for Mother's Day

In recent years our tradition has been for Mum and I to watch movies together in the afternoon on Mother's Day, any classic movie, or new movie that she doesn't get to watch because Dad won't like it.
Here are some of our favourites to watch together:

Classic: Gone With The Wind, Jezebel, I'll Be Seeing You, Holiday, The Philadelphia Story, Now Voyager, South Pacific, The King and I, Mrs Minniver, Goodbye Mr Chips, How Green Was My Valley, and My Fair Lady.

Foreign: For Rosanna, Il Postino, the Three Colours Trilogy (Blue, White, Red, please watch them in that order), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Kolya, Pavillion of Women.

Everything Else: Steel Magnolias, Hanging Up, Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood, The Joyluck Club, The Notebook, The Lake House, Vanity Fair, Raising Helen, The Banger Sisters, and The Other Boleyn Girl.

TV on DVD we love: Ghost Whisperer, Charmed, Gilmore Girls, ER, Everybody Loves Raymond, Brothers and Sisters, The Tudors, and Ally McBeal.

Family Movies and Cool Summer Treats

This summer why not watch some family movies together in the cool comfort of your home? Here are some of my favourite movies to watch with my family.

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Mouse Hunt
Home Alone
Baby's Day Out
The Lion King
Mulan
Aladdin
Brother Bear
Finding Nemo
Elf
Toy Story
About A Boy
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal
The Princess Bride
Willow
The Wizard Of Oz
Ella Enchanted
Mary Poppins
The Wind In The Willows
Watership Down
Charlotte's Web
Babe
Mathilda
Anne of Green Gables
The Princess Diaries
What A Girl Wants
Annie
The Santa Clause
Ever After
Simon Birch
Into The West
School Of Rock
Its A Wonderful Life
The Sound of Music
A Knight's Tale

While you are watching the movies why not eat some frozen fruit kebabs? I skewer pieces of my favourite summer fruits (banana, grape, kiwi, apple, strawberry, pineapple, watermelon) onto kebab sticks and place in the freezer where they are left either to chill, or to freeze completely. They are so cooling, and as they take longer to eat than a popsicle the kids will be entertained for longer.

My favourite ice tea treat is simple black tea, chilled and then mixed with lemonade, it looks like a shandy but you can still drive and it is more refreshing than alcohol which is actually dehydrating.

Another simple tea is twinings peach and raspberry tea bag, chilled and served with ice, I love it.

What are your favourite summer treats? I hope we will soon have the weather to enjoy them, at the moment I have been having unseasonal rain and thunder.