Actually two amazing things happened: 1) we took our kids to the movie theater for the time ever and we didn't have to leave in the middle of the movie! and 2) I decorated our Christmas tree!
James and I took the kids to the theater to watch The Princess and the Frog on Sunday. It was the first time for either of our kids to go to the theater. And just as we suspected, Katelyn did great - even while filling up on root beer and being somewhat distracted knowing three of her classmates were sitting four rows up from us. And Jacob? He did almost great. Definitely good enough. He sat in his seat for most of the movie while enjoying his bag of popcorn that was the same size as his torso. That popcorn was the only thing keeping my son still and silent. Without it, surely he would have been standing on his seat pointing out the gender of all our fellow movie goers. "Mommy's a girl and Katelyn's a girl and I'm a boy and daddy's a boy and he's a boy and that girl is a girl and that boy is a boy...." Toward the end of the movie, however, I'm pretty sure the whole theater heard him declare that he wanted to go to Raffy's.
We all enjoyed the movie. Katelyn's favorite part was "when the guy was changing and his butt got big". It's not at all what you think. I was really looking forward to watching this movie. The first time I watched The Little Mermaid was in the theater and I immediately fell in love with it. And with Disney's return to 2D with The Princess and the Frog, maybe on some level, I wanted the same kind of experience for Katelyn - but I'm not sure this is the movie to do it. I loved how it was more of a realistic movie than Disney's other princess movies - I said "more of a realistic movie", not that it is realistic. But can I tell you something? Just after the movie began, I was sad. I was sad about the portrayal of classes. They didn't do a bad job of it. It just made me sad. And I didn't like all the voodoo and making deals with "the other side". I was starting to get pretty irritated with how much voodoo was being shown and it didn't seem to be shown in a way that kids would understand that it is wrong. But, of course, just when it needed to happen, the portrayal of voodoo and magic and dealing with the other side started to change. I just had to keep in mind that the way the kids see the movie at 2 and 4 years old is much different from how I see the movie. And also? It was set in New Orleans mid last century, so there you go.
That was a lot more than I was planning to write about on The Princess and the Frog. So I might as well write this too:
Terminator Salvation - You know what? I liked it! I haven't watched a Terminator movie since T2 - I may have watched the original Terminator, but at this point I really don't remember. I wasn't interested in seeing any other Terminators so I didn't think I'd care for this one. But I did. It was entertaining. But if I hadn't have seen T2 and known a little background, some of this would have been a bit confusing.
The Maiden Heist - Funny little movie. The acting was great - as would be expected with this great cast.
OK, enough with the movies. So the other amazing thing that happened recently is that I got to choose how to decorate our tree this year! Yeah, some of you are wondering what's the big deal. I'll tell you. Ever since I was born I have not been able to decorate a Christmas tree in a manner of my choosing - I have never had my very own Christmas tree.
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Fine looking tree. Erdene went with the small approach. Just a few inches taller than the Pumpkin. At last telling, he enjoys taking the ornaments off each morning and redecorating during the day. At least, he isn't throwing them at the walls etc. That would have been my guess.
I really like your wide ribbon wrap. I'll send the missus over this way and she if she can find something similar.
Thank you kindly. It's pretty hard to keep Jacob's hands off the ornaments. I'm afraid one time he'll squeeze too hard and one will pop in his little hand. I realized after I finished decorating it that I didn't really let the kids have a hand it in. And the reason I was so excited to decorate my own tree was because I was never really a part of decorating our Christmas tree when I was a kid. So I think next year I will buy a small fake tree and the kids can decorate that all by themselves every year. Either that or I'm gonna have to get over these anal retentivie tree decorating issues and just make one tree a family affair.
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