Night at the Museum...

Well as much as I would like to go on a field trip to the museum... this was not that. It was a trip to see the movie "Night at the Museum 2". I had gotten free tickets a couple of weeks ago in one of my coupon frenzies.

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I really wanted to use them on a quiet romantic dinner date night with my strong silent mysterious man... but when he suggested getting out of the house and taking the teenager to a show. I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity. He usually wants to stay home, and after working from home all week, I normally want to get out of the house. So we are typically polar opposites. I was tired, I had already been with the teenager so much that day, that he was driving me insane... but I wanted to get out of the house.

So off we go... we got stuck behind 3, yes 3 accidents on the way. When we finally arrived the movie was jam packed with mostly kids under 3... one of which sat directly behind me and would stand up behind my seat and put his sticky little hands on my neck and pat the top of my head when he got excited. It was so cute, I couldn't yell at him, but ewwwwwww! And why weren't his parents getting a clue... I am a STRANGER... he shouldn't be so comfortable with me. Anyway, it was pretty funny, and eventually he got tired and fell asleep in his seat.

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I won't be a movie critic, because everyone likes different kinds of movies... but it was really fun to get out of the house with my boys. A good time was had by all.

Summer Magic...

The first grill of the season... and the boys aren't home (golfing and working). I normally don't grill, I try and make my boys take on this cooking. But I had planned and gotten it in my head I wanted to grill for dinner Friday night, it was going to be what would begin that summer magic, so I was going forth without them.

First things first, I had to pull out the James Bond metal case with all the necessary gear for grilling.
And then try not to catch anything outside on fire... that would ruin the idea of trying to be independent and taking on the manly cooking, if I had to call the fire department.
I keep asking for one of those push the button and it's ready to go kind of grills; but my strong silent mysterious man won't have that, he thinks all that gas ruins the taste of the food and can't be good for you. (I don't think charcoal briquettes filled with lighter fluid are any healthier, and pretty sure a large outta control fire would ruin the meal and the mood as well... but that's just me).

I managed to get some burgers and chicken cooked up; and shortly after I had it all done and cleaned up they showed up to eat it.

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I might not figure out how my Mom made things seem so special when I was growing up, before my teenager is out of the house. But I am going to keep trying! She just had it all together and knew how to make it feel really special... the food, the home, the friends, it just felt like the magic of summer always began with Memorial Day weekend.

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I thought I could capture it with the first grill of the season, but they came, they ate, and they moved on. Nothing magical about it. Wow, Mom... how do you do it?

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I forgot the watermelon, maybe that is the secret?

Congratulations Class of 2009

The class of 2009 had a grad night party for the seniors after graduation last night. They set up for the event early and needed some security guards to watch the place during graduation.

So the teenager and I took a shift to help out.

It looked like they had tons of entertainment including a hypnotist... that should be funny.

And games the kids can play and earn tickets for some pretty cool prizes... we saw dorm refrigerators, TVs, laptops, GPS systems, computers... and everything in between.We wanted to try out the mechanical bull, but the landing mat wasn't blown up, so we passed.

Human bowling... tempting, but there was no way I was going to let the teenager lock me inside a bowling ball.... he had the keys to the car.

He was being a good sport to come and do security with me... kind of...

I can't believe I only have one more year with him...
We watched their senior dvd that had photos from babies, toddlers, elementary, junior high and then finally high school... it was really fun to watch since we knew so many kids.

Then we played a few games of Foosball... yes he beat me!
It has been such a long time since I had played and I don't remember ever being very good at it.
But I can still take him down at billiards!
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It was fun hanging out and talking about his senior year plans together for a little while. When our job was complete, he ditched me and went golfing... so much for our bonding time!
It was fun while it lasted.