Toy Story 2 (1999)

Better late than never, right?  Finally found the DVD for this one, and Chloe has been begging me for Buzz, Woody, and Jessie, so I caved and we watched it.  I always say this one is my least favorite of the Toy Story series, but actually, its not as bad as I remembered it.  I still feel its the weakest installment, but it definitely has its redeeming moments.  Not to mention watching it on a really nice TV, in Blu-Ray really looks incredible. Just the texture on Potato Head alone made it worth watching.  I love the Toy Story series.  I think out of all the Disney characters, these are the ones I feel the most attachment to.  Which is probably why I found Toy Story 3 so heartwrenching.  I also think that Ian is exactly like Andy in the way he plays with his toys.  Ever since Ian turned 12 this year, I have been worried about him leaving that kind of play behind for more grown up stuff....so far I have been really lucky and he still wants to build crazy contraptions out of Tinker Toys/Lego/Lincoln Logs and have monsters destroy it.  Its a great world in his imagination and I am not in any hurry for him to outgrow it.  Chloe in particular loves Toy Story 2, I think it may be her favorite, so watching it with her as she acts it out almost the entire time, made it more endearing than it used to be for me.