Blueberries, Chocolate, and Umpas....Oh My!!!

Over the Christmas break, while flipping through the channels, John finds the 1970's movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The kids are piled on the couch with him (all 3 in their underwear) and he is excited to find this on TV. As a dad this will serve two purpose..1)he can share a memory with the kids and 2) teach them the Willy Wonka lesson all at the same time.

Well, he made a memory, but not the kind that he wanted to leave...

Since watching this move, Bayley has become obsessed with the 'Blueberry Girl'. During the movie, one of the girls chews a piece of gum (after Charlie tells her not to) that tastes like a five course meal. The last course is blueberry pie. Well, Charlie has not quite perfected the whole gum thing yet and this girl turns into a giant blueberry. Her face is purplish blue and her body is big and round with her head, arms, and legs sticking out. (For the 1970's the special affects are pretty good.) The scene changes with the little Umpa Lumpa's rolling the girl out of the room to take her to the 'juicer' room and the audience doesn't see her again. Neither one of the kids say much about this at the time because in between singing along with the Umpa Lumpa's John is coaching them through the whole movie about what happens when kids don't listen.

The next day Bayley wakes up talking about the Blueberry girl and wanting to know what happened to her. John and I both try to explain that she was rolled out and they squeezed the juice out of her and she got to go back to her family. That would pacify her for a little while and then the Blueberry Girl would come up again. The fortune of the Blueberry Girl has now become such an elaborate story that the juice comes out of her belly button.

The kids also like to run around the house singing their own version of the Umpa Lumpa song: "Umpa Lumpa, Ubeteedo...I've got another present for you". Occasionally they even sing that there is another 'poop' for you. (The word 'poop' at our house has taken on a whole life of its own, but that is another story, for another day.)

Well Blueberry Girl has been dreamed about (Bayley has woken in the middle of the night from a deep sleep talking about the Blueberry Girl), has been talked about endlessly, and has become feared at the hands of Brennen..."The Blueberry Girl is coming to get you!!!" Bayley definitely has 'Blueberrygirlaphobia'. I see counseling in the future.....