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11/07/2005
Over the weekend
Whew! It's Monday. I needed to get back to work so I'd have some time to rest.
Friday night, we went to Blockbuster and picked up some videos. Youngest picked Barbie in Swan Lake - one of the computer-animated fairy tales starring America's plastic princess. The story is based on the opera and, not being an opera fan, I found it an interesting tale. The animation - well, let's just say it's fits the main character well.
After the kids went to bed, Wonderful Wife and I watched Batman Begins. My favorite part was the training session on the ice. Negative elements included the scarecrow and some of the ethical justifications for Bruce Wayne's actions.
Saturday, Eldest went to see Grandma and Grandpa, who were babysitting their pastor's one-year old daughter. Eldest was glad to help. WW had to work in the afternoon, and Youngest and I headed off to church after lunch so our Music & Worship Arts pastor could move the video I've been working on to his PowerBook and burn it to a DVD. Then home for a nap. Saturday night, WW and I watched The Terminal. It's amazing how Tom Hanks can carry a movie - not that the rest of the cast was hollow as a box of straws - they weren't bad. It's just that Kip/Forrest/Castaway/Victor does such a fantastic job (yes, I do remember when Tom Hanks had a lead role in a TV sitcom. Guess I'm getting old). A memorable movie we both enjoyed.
Sunday, church, then home for football - I mean lunch, then Chiefs vs. the Hated Raiders. Woo-hoo! What a finish! I had an Usher's meeting a church at 5:00. Basically uneventful. We had the Mid-America Nazarene University touring choir at church Sunday night, so the Incredible In-laws joined us in the pew. After, we had pizza at their house. Then home, kids to bed, and my Old House on video.
Oh, a cute kid story. The girls had watched something about spiders on video Saturday. Youngest had to tell us about the three kinds of spiders - those that build nests, "trap door" spiders, and those that wrap their prey and save it for lunch. Well, the girls got to playing the spider and the fly while we sat around and chatted. Pretty soon, a ruckus ensued. Eldest was complaining that Youngest had bitten her. A little bit of investigation and we figured out that Youngest had been the spider and Eldest the fly.
"Honey, we don't bite our sister even if we're playing spider." my Wonderful Wife chided.
"And besides, she doesn't taste good." I threw in my two cents worth.
"Yes she does. She tastes like chocolate and vanilla!" was the unexpected reply.
What do you say to that? We all got a good laugh. No biting incidents since (fingers crossed).
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