Twilight

How do I even begin to describe that insane night? Tons of teenagers, women, older women, a few brave dudes trying to impress their girlfriends.....hormones out to wazoo.



Let's go from the beginning...I was hightailing it back to town so that I could meet up with my girlfriends to stand in line at 6pm. We all carpooled over to the theater and it was already packed. Apparently the highschoolers beelined it to the theater once school got out. LOL. Well, we hadn't eaten dinner yet, so we split into two groups--half stayed in line while the other half went and got sushi. Of course, I was with the group getting the sushi. :) Kelly and I made ourselves comfortable at the restaurant (Mijuri--oh yum!) and ordered a yummy feast. About an hour later we made our way back with an order for Gail. We highly recommend the shrimp tempura.



So we're in line FOREVER. There were actually five auditoriums showing Twilight that night. We were supposed to be seated at 9pm...but it didn't happen til, oh, 10:30 or closer to 11. So annoying. Not annoying having to stand there, but it was annoying cause people in front of us were letting TONS of late-coming friends get in line with them. Dude, there's a reason we show up so stinkin early--to get a good seat. Call us old (well, being 25-40 is reasonably old with this angst crowd), but it was really gettin on our nerves when the line which was only about 20 ahead of us swelled to almost twice that size. And you know, it was hot, everyone was anxiously excited--and we had a pregnant girl in our midst (in my group). She had NO qualms with bringing our irritation to the managers attention (no qualms WHATSOEVER). I believe that my group was trying so hard not to laugh (I believe some were ducking their heads out of embarrassment). Well, the manager took one look at Suzanne's furious face and her expanding belly and quickly set a guard at the front to watch for line cutters. And when the guard didn't catch them all and Suzanne complained again (LOL) they placated her with her choice of ice cream AND pulled her to the front of the line so that she could be the first one in the auditorium. Note to all--when you want a good seat, bring a hormonal preggo with you. :)



Now I have to say, as much of a "gotta go to the midnight show" person that I am, I was nervous about seeing THIS particular movie at that time. I seriously considered actually going Friday morning so that I could avoid all the shrieking "OM-EDWARD!!!" teenagers and all the screaming that was surely to happen at his every appearance. However, fate was with us that night--a group of girls in front of our row requested of the auditorium that all screaming/cheering/crying wait til the credits. Everyone turned to eyeball the crazies beseeching this request but kept their opinions to themselves when they noticed Suzanne sitting behind them. :) (Again, gotta love her). So we got to enjoy the movie thoroughly--there was appropriate enthused applause at the right times, muted squeals, and silent cheering. We got to sit back and enjoy the movie--and WHAT A MOVIE!!!!! Absolutely hilarious at times, right in with the book (at other times)--definitely a must see. They've already announced the making of New Moon--hopefully with a much bigger budget, they'll be able to stick to the book storyline a bit more.

Ah yes, last photo. Of course Gail and I had t-shirts made for the occasion. Tons of girls were wearing Twilight shirts although I think ours were the only one-a-kind (we went to a place downtown that does graphic designs for shirts). :) It was still fun to check out what everyone was wearing. Well, it was fun til I spotted some dude wearing a "bite me" shirt. It's the one with the bitten apple on it which you can order off of Stehpenie Meyer's website. No big deal--except that this was a girl's fitted shirt. So, really high in the sleeves, tight around his chest, curvy around the waist--GUH-ROSS!!!!



So to end the crazy-but-totally-worth-it night, we car pool back home and I crashed at Gail's (I believe hit the sack around 3am). My alarm woke me up at 5:45 so that I could be on the road just before 6am. I was able to roll in at 7:30am to finish getting my kiddos ready for school (a HUGE thank you to Meg for coming and watching my kiddos for me!).

I was pretty much worthless the rest of the day--not just from sleep deprivation, but I was also getting sick. Penance for a day off? I'll take it! But my question now is--who's gonna go to the midnight showing of Harry Potter with me next summer? :)

Gonna find out who's naughty or nice....

This was the absolute best thing EVER that I bought last year. I help Santa with his nice and naughty list on a daily basis. We brought this out yesterday.

Let the games begin....hehehe.

Testing...1,2,3..testing....

Here's a lovely topic: potty training. Jacob has had the hardest time staying dry at night. Every night he wears a pull up (and up until 3 nights ago that pull up has been absolutely soaked by morning). I tried everything--no water after 8 (and when that didn't work then I moved it to 7pm), making sure he goes right before bed, going first thing in the morning. Nothing helped--he's just an immensely deep sleeper and simply doesn't wake up when his body says "I gotta go!". So for the past week, I've been getting him up at 10pm and around 4-4:30am to go (I personally don't set my alarm for that--I just randomly wake up each morning and force myself to get up to get Jacob to the bathroom). Amazingly, the past 3 nights he's been completely dry! Honestly, that the first three nights of dryness in almost 7 years for him. I totally owe him some yummy Andy's for this.

So here's the test--let's try to stay dry with UNDERWEAR on tonight. His poor face became terrified at the thought when I suggested it earlier today. But he's putting on a brave face and prepping himself tonight. And I think he's actually a bit excited now. I'm still gonna wake him up at the wee hours on both sides of the sound tonight/tomorrow.

Let's keep our fingers crossed.....(and I'm still keeping a water-proof pad under him just in case). :)


UPDATE: Test was successful. :)

I'm headed to see the midnight showing of Twilight Thursday night with my girlfriends from back home(!!!!). Since picking up the books a few weeks ago I've been obsessed with them--in fact I haven't touched Harry Potter since then (that's quite an accomplishment right there). Well, I happened to check out one of my favorite sites (www.the-leaky-cauldron.org) and glimpsed this new trailer:



OH. MY. GOSH. I'm thinking it's about time to ditch the Twilight series (for a while at least) at pick up my Harry Potter books again. Maybe start listening to the audio books in my car again. Or put them on my mp3 player and listen while jogging...back on the wagon again!

Just more fun pics of the kiddos....

Allow me to explain this one--remember how a few posts back I said that the kids were all learning to run/chase very carefully in the house? And mainly it was Jacob and Julia aquiring all the injuries? Well, apparently Evelyn's hitting a growth spurt. That girl has been biffing it left, right and center the entire past week. See the whole side of her face? That from tripping over her own feet right outside Walmart (of course it was before going in...). The very next day she fell again and scraped up her knees and the palms of her hands. For three days after she continued to fall and bump some sort of body part. It got to be so bad that I banished her from running, jogging, skipping, ect. She was to hold my hand at all times whenever we were out. I just couldn't stand the thought of her getting hurt again. But she hasn't fallen in about two days now...maybe she's done growing for now. I hope so!


Here's a rare moment when they were actually all smiling AND sitting still!

Putting up the tree

Yeah, I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but hey....why not? I found a Christmas CD and put that in the surround sound in the living room (A Normal Rockwell Christmas) and the kids and I had tons of fun decorating.







The kids were so excited to have the tree up--they begged to be able to sleep in the living room. So here's Jacob completely konked out (Evelyn's on the next couch over).


Mind you, we, for the first time, don't have a fire place and Julia's first question was "How is Santa going to get into the house without a chimney?". It has slipped Ryan's and my mind how that works exactly.....Mom? Papa? Any suggestions?

It's in the air....

Dad, this new look is for you. Ryan's out of town and the kids and I have plans to put the tree up this weekend. Julia and I were debating where to put it in the living room.

So Joycelyn...when are you putting yours up? :)

And for anyone heading to St. Louis, check out the radio station 101--they're playing endless Christmas music. :):):)