Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience

These little piggies went "Peeepa Pig! Do-do-do-dodo-do-do-do-do-dodo"

So you know how I'd always loved the idea of having a book blog that would discuss incredible, moving, life changing children's books and would always feature in depth and high brow reviews of said books, while giving timely and ever-witty comparisons to real life issues?

Yeah. Well. Then I had a toddler and had to put down Swing Time (amazing by the way) to go along to Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience.

In a fit of "look at our amazing and kind parenting" excess, my friends are I grabbed tickets to the very first viewing at our favourite cinema (coincidentally across the road from our favourite bookstore). We dressed in our peppa ears, wellie boots (yellow, of course) and home-made pigs snouts, stocked up on extremely strong coffee (I wanted gin but it was allegedly too early for the liquor licence to kick in) and strapped in for the greatest 75 minutes of our lives (we don't get out much).

And friends? It's exactly the award winning social commentary comedy that we were expecting.

(The Great Barrier Reef! Pre-global warming! via kidspot)

Ok. Not exactly.

But the kids loved it (danced in their seats and urgently needed the toilet mid-episode kind of love) and watching their reactions were totally worth it. The weird interludes of a real life host and puppets between episodes were a little disconcerting -  the highlight of the morning will forever be seeing the contrast between the Bea's delighted face, and my dear friends look of utter horror, as the weird monkey dance started. It was a little dark in the cinema, but I managed to capture her reaction for you:

via giphy

Truthfully, the new episodes were a welcome relief from the same ones we'd watched for the last year and as always the cheeky jokes for the parents had us laughing (The Zoo episode in particular). And, I have to confess, my heart will always belong to Freddy Fox and Pedro Pony. Those guys are the cutest.

If you have a toddler it's a must see - so, pack your snacks, your friends and a strong drink and enjoy your new found status as parent of the year.

book and the bea x