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January 12, 2009
Movie night
Saturday night, I took the girls to see The Tale of Despereaux at Studio Movie Grill. We had a good time, although we were rushed to get there, Katie fell asleep on the way there and the way home, and I was working hard to keep Jamie awake on the way home. Totally could have planned that better.
Anyway, it was the girls first movie in a theater, which I didn't even think of until Katie gave me this awed look and said, "It's dark in here!" They were both really good about watching and not talking (food totally helped!), although I think the movie, combined with the giant screen and darkness, got a little intense for Katie. The tired probably didn't help, either.
I think they enjoyed it. The movie was good, at least for me. The princess didn't have a huge part, so that probably brought it down a couple notches for the girls. For kids who didn't know princesses existed until a year or so ago, they sure have become obsessed. It's like pink, tulle and twirls are embedded in their DNA. And it must be the DNA from their father, because they sure as hell didn't get it from me!
On Sunday, we bribed them to take a nap by telling them they could choose where we went to dinner if they slept, but we got to choose if they didn't. I learned my lesson the hard way not to say something like, "We won't go out if you don't nap!" since that punishes Rex and as more than it does them. They napped, and then we went to McDonald's. Lucky for us, Rex and my food tastes are quite lowbrow.
Posted by me at January 12, 2009 9:11 PM