Quieter Day and Movie Night

We’ve had a bit of return to quieter, more sane days, though that won’t last long. We’ll enjoy it while it lasts. After a few crazy and hectic weeks, we finally had some time to just sit at home and chill, though the kids get a little stir crazy. To their credit, they find things to do without TV or video games, and I get to get some things done around the house.

We did have some plans for the evening, but that’s okay as long as it doesn’t entail a bunch of running around during the day. A is doing the Summer reading program at the Howe and she fufilled her requirement. Part of the reward is a choice of gifts from a basket, and she scored some movie passes for the Nugget. Pretty cool. It just so happens that Cars 2 in 3D is playing there, so the timing was just right.

We met up with mom after work at the Howe, and then went to Boloco for supper. Killer burritos, we haven’t been there in a awhile. They also had a new smoothie called the Islander that the kids loved. We stopped for gelato at Morano and then to the movies.

Now we implemented a previous plan to go to the cinema, and it entails sending the kids to a movie and then R and I go to the adjacent theater to watch a different, more adult movie. We’ve done it in the past, and the kids love being on their own, but we always feel a little guilty. The kids, after all, are right next door, and we meet in the lobby. Whatever be the case, we always see our friends or neighbors and then feel like bad parents. This time was no different.

R and I went into the new Woody Allen movie and sure enough, our friends were there and asked about the kids. Oh well, you have to face up to your actions. The kids actually finished a little before us and we met them in the lobby. We told them not to leave the theater, and to come into our theater to meet us, but they opted to wait in the lobby. They did a great job.

It was a late night, and by the time they went to bed, it was after 10:00, long after everyone’s bedtime, but we had fun. I think at some point our crazy lives will calm down, but I don’t know when.

Until that time, thanks for reading, and thanks to S Braswell for the pic.