the face of fear

Tonight evoked all kinds of emotions for our family: worry, guilt, regret and sadness for Mommy and Daddy, and for Caz- fear.  Okay perhaps I'm being a bit melodramatic.  But we did witness something significant.  So what happened, you ask?  I know I've really built up some anticipation here.  Well, we found out that Caz is afraid of.....Jim Carrey.  Jim Carrey, as the Grinch, to be exact.  And actually, it's more complex than that. 

We were watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas and were well into the movie, after the Grinch had already been introduced and on screen for sometime, when Caz let out the saddest little scream and began to cry.  It was absolutely heartwrenching.  His little face was all red and tears were streaming down his cheeks.  But he obviously wasn't just afraid of how the Grinch looked- he started crying during a scene where the Grinch acted angry and threatening.  So he was reacting to the emotional climate of the movie, and was afraid.  Oh...it's breaking my heart all over again to describe it!  You can imagine how terrible we felt, along with being surprised and in awe at the same time.  Earth to Mommy and Daddy: Caz now has a keen understanding of human emotion!  Boy, do we have to be mindful of this!  And how hard it was to watch him be afraid :( 

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I know, I know- this is only the beginning.  But he's only 16 months old!  I mean, I thought I had a couple of years to prepare for things like this.  Nonetheless, obviously we ended the night on a much happier note...watching the best Christmas movie of all time.  Correction, the best movie of all time- Elf!  And Michael and I danced side-by-side with Caz as he cheered along with the celebration in Santa's workshop and partook in other joyous, elvish behaviors.  So, another day, another lesson learned.