Movie Night

Every Saturday night in our family is movie/games night. One week we curl up with Fi and watch a movie together, and the next week it's a game played around the kitchen table. It is a time that Fiona really looks forward to each week - really the only time she has both of us to herself anymore. It also is something that is for big kids; no little brothers allowed.

Well, tonight we tried to watch "Arthur and the Invisibles", borrowed from the library. Because of a scratch the movie kept freezing and we gave up halfway through. We were all disapointed, because it was a pretty good movie. Fi had a trembling lower lip all the way up to bed.

We had decided that we really want to get the last of our debt paid off this year and were not going to splurge on luxuries, like movie rentals, etc. But there is no place in town to rent movies anymore. The only options for movies are buying, borrowing from the library, or borrowing from friends. Not a lot of our friends up here have a big library of 6-year old friendly movies. That is logical, as we are the only ones with a 6-year old.

So I am rethinking our decision not to subscribe to zip.ca. Perhaps it would be worth a basic subscription to be able to have undamaged movies and a woder choice than our small town library's small budget allows. Any experience with Zip? Any advice? Suggestions?