Family: June 2006 Archives

Much to my surprise last weekend was a very enjoyable weekend with my family. My sister was NOT her usual loud, rude, obnoxious self and that made for the most amazing treat! I actually could like her a lot more if she was that way all of the time. Please do NOT confuse like and love. I love my sister ALL of the time even when she is driving me insane. I do not always like her and I think that is very o'kay even with your husband, children, parents and anyone else around you. You do not always have to like people all of the time. So anyway - We swam. We rode around. We did target practice. We cooked. We ate. We made margaritas. We laughed. We joked. We napped. We went to bed at a descent time. We rose before 8am. We ate alot. We shopped. We talked. We did it all. They are planning to return in July. Thank you for the notice. I have plenty of time to plan for it. On Saturday night I took all of the kids, including baby Steven to the movies -by myself. Me, Colby, Gracie, Amber, Cyle and Steven. To the movies. At 10:40. PM. Yes, I did! We had a good time! We had popcorn, candy and cokes. Steven watched the first 20 minutes of the movie with alert fascination. I marveled at his facial expressions. The he nursed for 20 minutes or so in the bearly empty and very dark movie theater and slept through the rest of the movie, the ride home, the clothing change and being put into his bed. He was a real trooper. Never made a peep in the theater. I was so pleased. He acted like a big boy. Which shocks me really. I have never given birth to a baby that acts like a baby -or my idea of what babies should act like. What was that? What did we see? Over the Hedge. This was a cute movie. Alot of the comedy is lost on children. If you have ever lived in an HOA community you will be right at home and the endless bits and bites of humor will tickle your funny bone. Now on the BigRedCouch rating scale for movies in which Shrek is the measure by which all animated movies are measured. Shrek being the whole hawg with extra-buttered popcorn, gummie bears AND peanut M&M's mixed together with a giant coke to wash it all down with in my kids fashion of creating a perfect movie viewing treat I give this movie a popcorn and coke rating. It was cute entertainment appealing to the children because of the talking rodents and whatnot. Go see it. Take your kids. Buy popcorn. Have fun. Do not be like the parents sitting in the row ahead of us with their two children probably 10 and 12 years old. No drink. No popcorn. No nothing but some leftover food of some sort the mother had in her bag that the little girl chewed on. I mean really. These people were well dressed and looked as if they could have affored at least a small popcorn for their kids to share. Am I the only person who doesn't make their kids sit through the movie with no popcorn? Am I the only parent who doesn't think the movie is the entire treat? I am sorry but movies without popcorn is just no fun. It might be like mama without the razzi. Which you should check out. Susie Sunshine is posting over there today. Go on. Go give Susie some comments love. Please.