Or the second...
Or the third...
The week has flown by, and it has been busy.
On Monday, I loaded the kids in the van and set off on an all day long Easter candy sale adventure. Unfortunately (or actually maybe it was fortunate), I didn't find a whole lot of what I was looking for, because a lot of retailers have gotten wise to people like me in recent years, and they begin discounting their Easter stuff the week before Easter.
After dragging the kids in and out and through some dozen or so stores, I decided to do something that no mom should ever do... alone. I took them to Chuck-E-Cheese. We ate some pizza (Which, by the way, I'm not real fond of Chuck-E-Cheese pizza. It kind of tastes like cardboard...), and played some games. My favorite part was that there is a new photo attraction. We spent lots of tokens on it and ended up with these:
Then I dragged the kids through several more stores, including Bath and Body Works, where they mopped the floors with their rear ends, because they were now too tired to walk...Eventually, we got home.
As far as the candy goes, I am feeling a little bit like Frog and Toad. If you haven't read the story, you should. The candy is packed away in a box and all taped up, and I hope I can leave it there, because I would really hate to have to throw it outside for it to meet the same fate that Frog and Toad's cookies met...
On Tuesday, I did something that I have not done in almost 13 years...
I went to the movies...
You see, Caleb kind of has this thing for elephants, and after reading the review at plugged-in, I decided that "Horton Hears A Who" was worth a look...
Caleb and I left the house a little early, since we didn't know where the movie theater was. Upon arriving, we were pleasantly surprised to see signs advertising that it was free popcorn night! I got Caleb out and, of course, marched him up to the movie poster, where we took a picture. We then went up to the window and saw another sign that was not nearly so exciting... Tell me, why would any business... located in the United States... in the year 2008... be "unable" to accept debit or credit cards? Now, seriously, I should have a t-shirt that says, "wearer does not carry more than $10.00 cash"... because, really, I don't. After going through my wallet... and my purse... and my pockets... I was able to come up with $6.00. If you have been to the theater more recently than me, you know that wasn't enough to get us both in. So... I ran Caleb back through the parking lot, and all the while he's saying, "So, mommy, are we not going to see Horton now?" And I'm reassuring, "No, Caleb, we're going to see Horton. But we have to go home first and borrow some cash from Seth!" Seth is the only person in our family who ever has cash.As we drove home, Caleb looked kind of worried, but I didn't really have time to think about it. Phil met me at the door with a twenty, and I ran back out to the car. Now Caleb really looked concerned. I announced, "I have the cash!" and Caleb just stared at me and said, "I don't see any cats!" No wonder the child was upset. He had no idea where we were going to get "cats" to pay for the movie... hehehe...
We got back to the theater, took a parking spot a bit further away than before, bought our tickets, got our free popcorn with extra butter, and settled in for 25 minutes of previews, during which time Caleb kept saying, "I don't think this is the Horton movie"... When the movie finally did begin, I am pretty sure Caleb never caught on that the part about the Whos was the same movie as the part about Horton. At any rate, he had a good time and kept saying, "That was fun... that was fun..." as we left.
I am pretty sure he will want to go back to, "the white building that looks like a church and has big TVs", so I hope something decent plays again in the next decade...
I was quite impressed by the movie, itself. There were a couple of jokes aimed at adults that I could have done without, but they were subtle enough that kids wouldn't really catch on. There was one slur against homeschooling early on that kind of ticked me off, but I'll get over it. And the musical number at the end... well... if you grew up in the 80s, you'll probably gag. There's the negative side...On the other hand, there were a couple of times when I actually felt teary eyed (yes, at a Dr. Suess film) and said to myself, "this is phenomenal". There were several allusions to faith that would be fantastic conversation starters for older kids, and the main message from the original "Horton Hears A Who" remained in tact... "A person's a person, no matter how small". I also liked that they included the main idea from "Horton Hatches the Egg": "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant, an elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!"
It was really good for me and Caleb to have a date night. I like to do things with my kids one-on-one when I can, but it gets tricky sometimes. In April, I'm taking Seth and Grace to a live, musical rendition of "Flat Stanley". I can't wait to report on that...
Thursday was Phil's off day, and we were going to go grocery shopping, but none of us felt very well. Instead, we stayed home, took the day off of school (which we can afford to do, since we didn't schedule a "Spring break"), and watched Duck Tales.
The quote of the day, from Friday, came from myself. It was, "I don't homeschool him," said when Phil said he needed five volunteers, while holding up four fingers... We had a good FNF. Jay did an awesome job, although I'm now wondering if playing leap frog in the cold, night, air is such a great idea... I was severely tired at the end and literally counted down the seconds for the last minute...
Yesterday we had the much anticipated pizza eating contest at Cicis. I am proud to say that I didn't eat much. Phil... however... well, I'll let him tell you about it if he so chooses... I took lots of pictures, but I think Phil has my camera at the moment, and if I don't post this now, it might be another week!
And now, here I am today. I have almost completely lost my voice. I actually attempted to lead the call to worship and to participate in a drama at church today, even though I have little more than a whisper. My kids always like it when I lose my voice, because then I can't yell at them... hehehe... Funny, they are still yelling at me! :) Oh, wait... they're not yelling at me after all... They just always talk that loud...
I am hoping to get a nap in, this afternoon, before it's back to church...
Ah... life is good...
Lisa
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