Lessons in joy from Alvin and the Chipmunks

My kids are obsessed with Alvin and the Chipmunks. Last month the oldest, who's 10, went with a friend to see the latest movie in the theatre; he came back fixated on the hip, wee creatures with the helium-balloon voices. He's a Star Wars lover and neophyte Batman follower too, so I'll admit the chipmunk enthusiasm rather caught me off guard. At the next opportunity to buy something with his own money, he bought the DVD… To share the movie bliss with his

My kids are obsessed with Alvin and the Chipmunks. Last month the oldest, who's 10, went with a friend to see the latest movie in the theatre; he came back fixated on the hip, wee creatures with the helium-balloon voices. He's a Star Wars lover and neophyte Batman follower too, so I'll admit the chipmunk enthusiasm rather caught me off guard. At the next opportunity to buy something with his own money, he bought the DVD… To share the movie bliss with his sisters. And watch it pretty much as ofte…