Our Weekend
Saturday, I went to the movies with Andy for the first time since we took Drew to see Star Wars Attack of the Clones. That came out in 2002 - 4 years ago. I really can't remember seeing anything since then except The Incredibles (great) and Veggie Tales(don't even waste your time with the video), and that was just the kids and me. Anyway, we saw the DaVinci Code and enjoyed it. We both thought it followed the book closely. However, I read the book shortly after I saw the Star Wars movie. We know we're officially old because we went to the matinee and didn't know it. Who knew they started at 5:15? At least we looked young. In our defense, the movie was more than 2.5 hours and we went to dinner AFTER the movie.
Sunday we packed the gang into the van and headed to town for an art show. It's the first that I've seen in almost a year since we got here. We liked a few pieces but not the same ones. At least not enough to make the investment. They had a tent for children where parents weren't allowed. (Part of a fundraiser) All pieces were $4, $5, or $6. So we forked over $15 and sent them in. (Tim was sleeping in the stroller.) We had fun guessing what they might emerge with. Andy pegged Megan correctly when he predicted that she would go for volume. And it was a given that Drew would come out last.
The pool guys started to open the pool last Tuesday and are still working on it. We should have known from when they put it in that they always make a minimum of 3 trips when anyone else could do it in one. Thankfully, we're paying for a job and not by the hour. It's no longer green but they need to finish vacuuming and shock it again. Good thing we allowed 2 weeks in order to have it swimmable by Memorial Day!
School ends Friday! The kids are very happy to be done. They really aren't signed up for anything this summer. We're just going to hang out by the pool and do little things locally and a few day trips. Plus a week in Wisconsin. Our first day trip is Monday and we're heading to Chicago. We've been reading about the Middle Ages and Feudalism. So, we're going to see the arms and armor collection at the Art Institute of Chicago and then we're going to Medieval Times (in the suburbs) for dinner. How bad could dinner get in a restaurant where you are supposed to cheer and eat with your hands?
Sunday we packed the gang into the van and headed to town for an art show. It's the first that I've seen in almost a year since we got here. We liked a few pieces but not the same ones. At least not enough to make the investment. They had a tent for children where parents weren't allowed. (Part of a fundraiser) All pieces were $4, $5, or $6. So we forked over $15 and sent them in. (Tim was sleeping in the stroller.) We had fun guessing what they might emerge with. Andy pegged Megan correctly when he predicted that she would go for volume. And it was a given that Drew would come out last.
The pool guys started to open the pool last Tuesday and are still working on it. We should have known from when they put it in that they always make a minimum of 3 trips when anyone else could do it in one. Thankfully, we're paying for a job and not by the hour. It's no longer green but they need to finish vacuuming and shock it again. Good thing we allowed 2 weeks in order to have it swimmable by Memorial Day!
School ends Friday! The kids are very happy to be done. They really aren't signed up for anything this summer. We're just going to hang out by the pool and do little things locally and a few day trips. Plus a week in Wisconsin. Our first day trip is Monday and we're heading to Chicago. We've been reading about the Middle Ages and Feudalism. So, we're going to see the arms and armor collection at the Art Institute of Chicago and then we're going to Medieval Times (in the suburbs) for dinner. How bad could dinner get in a restaurant where you are supposed to cheer and eat with your hands?
posted by metamom at Monday, May 22, 2006
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