Today is Sean’s 8th birthday. So I planned a day chock full of 8 year old fun. Well, as much 8 year old fun as I could handle (and afford!) We started with a matinee showing of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (in 3D!!!) This was possibly the most fun movie I have ever seen! We all loved it, it was hilarious. Even the credits are entertaining. They practically had to drag us out of the theater (we were the last ones to leave!) Go see it if you can, especially in 3D. Definitely worth the $$$. This is the first zero bathroom trips movie we’ve had all summer! The number of trips to the bathroom is in direct proportion to how bored the younger ones are. They didn’t even flinch - but they practically ran to the bathrooms afterwards! Ha, they were so enthralled with the movie they didn’t dare go! That speaks volumes!!!
Next we went to Chuck E. Cheese. Ah, apparently so did everyone else! I’ve never seen it so crowded. We had to wait 10 minutes for enough people to leave so we could go in!! I was seriously reconsidering, but Sean and Skye were literally jumping up and down with anticipation, so leaving was totally not an option! Fortunately, once we were in, it wasn’t so bad. The noise level was no worse than our house on any given weekend afternoon, and the kids didn’t seem to mind one bit. So, I didn’t either.
They got to play lots of games, eat some cheap-ass pizza, and buy crap with tickets they won. A successful trip! Then we went to my mom’s store to have cake and open presents. Sounds weird, but so’s our family! And it works for us. A good time was had by all!
I ate today:
a handful of popcorn
a few sour patch straws
a few bars of a Kit Kat bar
a very small slice of pepperoni pizza
about 10 shoe string french fries with ketchup
three bites of chocolate cake
a Lean Cuisine bbq chicken pizza
I got to have a taste of what I wanted without feeling like I pigged out. Not an optimal diet, for sure. But a couple of months ago, that would have read like this:
half a large bag of popcorn
large box Junior Mints
package of Red Vines
several large slices of pepperoni pizza
large order of fries
large slice of chocolate cake with tons of buttercream frosting, possibly a second
two to three slices of pepperoni & sausage pizza at home
one or two cupcakes
Yes, I’ve come a long way, baby!!
Note: I am SO FREAKIN’ SORE! It’s odd parts, like my hams and the backs of my calves. Oh, and my hip-flexers. OUCH. And my big toe-nails. They are tender. Like everytime I rolled over in bed and a big toenail touched the bed, it WOKE ME UP! I am hoping this will pass. And I’m now worrying about my half-mary. My toenails didn’t hurt AT ALL yesterday. In fact, I even mentioned to my sister how my feet were the one part of my body that didn’t give me a hint of pain or discomfort yesterday during the run. I hope they stop hurting soon!!!
Posted on September 20th, 2009 by firefly
Filed under: daily blathering
Hmmm. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs… I’m glad it was good. I’ve been a little skeptical about it. I loved the book when i was little, and it seems the movie industry has this thing lately about destroying good movies and books from my childhood by making them into bad movies! I was quite afraid they’d kill it. Now I have to go see it
And good for you in terms of moderation! You have come a long way!
I saw the panel for that at Comic Con- I thought it looked so good- I have a free ticket to the movies maybe I’ll convince hubby we should go see that this weekend
Great job on the eating- bday parties are TOUGH!
Ooh, toenails so sore they wake you up at night is not fun. But on another note, I agree that zero trips to the bathroom is a huge thumbs up for a kids movie. Hope you’re feeling better soon.