The first movie!
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008Big doings in our family last weekend – the kids went to their very first feature-length movie at the movie theater! How exciting! They did really well, even though it was so crowded Will had to sit on my lap. Thankfully, for my lap’s sake, kids’ movies aren’t so very long.Â
We went to see Madagascar 2, a Disney movie sequel to Madagascar, strangely enough. Joe and I had seen Madagascar on DVD shortly after it came out, but I don’t know if the kids had ever seen it. I suspect they might have seen it at daycare, because they’ve both been running around singing the “Move It, Move It” song from the movie. In any case, they did a very good job of sitting still and being quiet, eating popcorn the whole time, because that’s what going to the movies is really all about!
And my artsy-fartsy shot of the day:
After the movie, we made a short trip to Walmart, and then headed home. This is what happened on the 15 minute ride home.Â
For all of you that don’t live in the frozen wastelands of the north, you might be wondering why the kids are so bundled up and why it’s dark already after a 2PM matinee. Just for reference, the high temperature yesterday was 20 degrees. And yes, it is almost dark at 4PM. By mid-December, it will be dark at 4PM. Earlier if it’s cloudy, which it often is in the winter here. I happen to be such a night owl that I really enjoy the longer winter evenings we have here. Makes me feel like it’s OK to just go home and snuggle up on the couch in front of the TV, instead of working outside. It also reduces the incidence of dogs being hit by cars after work and being viciously attacked by porcupines, thus lightening the emergency call load just a bit.
Can you believe Thanksgiving is this week? Almost Christmas. If only I had some money left to do Christmas shopping . . . . . . .