Barbie with My Baby

It’s a joy when your adult child comes home for the weekend just for fun. Carter recognizes that there is not enough time to spend with her grandmother or her dog and the only way to rectify that is to come home when she can. The bonus is I get to see her.

Today Carter had to work, but planned a movie date with me to see Barbie. Carter had already seen it on opening day, technically the day before opening. She said that it was something she wanted to share with me. I realized that I have not been in a movie theatre since 2019 so I welcomed this adventure with Carter.

I was not much of a Barbie girl which I was young. I had a Barbie and a round carrying case with shoes and clothes. Back in those early Barbie days you did not have multiples. Maybe you had a Skipper, but never a Ken. It was more about collecting outfits and shoes. I did sew a few Barbie outfits, but I never quite managed the “fit” because you had to make the waist big enough to go over her boobs, but then it was much too loose around the middle.

I loved the movie, but as far as I am concerned Greta Gerwig is a genius and I knew she would deliver. I must have missed the map scene that caused the Ted Cruz brouhaha. Then again I believe being called woke is a compliment.

Carter wore an outfit In homage to the last scene in the movie, dressing as Barbie did in the real world as a real woman. It was wonderful to be in the theatre full of people of all ages, most dressed in pink, including the men. Hooray for celebrating strong women.