What a great day!
Today was the first day of March Break. I took advantage of a meeting-free day to spend it with my boys.
Cat still had to go to work today, so she caught an early bus, and I let the boys wake me up. C suggested we go out for breakfast at Cora’s (if you’ve never been to Cora’s you should try it, but go hungry).
After breakfast I took them to the IMAX theatre at the Museum of Civilization to see Sharks 3D. What a riot. Unbelievable technology. The camera takes you through a school of sardines, a school of jellyfish (is it a school when it’s jellyfish?) they look like they’re leaping right out at you, E was reaching out trying to grab them. He says he caught one…but it got away, I’m not so sure…
After the film, we were able to meet up with Cat for lunch, had a stroll around downtown a bit, and then we headed home.
Sidebar! – A few weeks ago, we attended the local Scout Banquet (Cat’s been a Beaver leader for more than 20 years, and C is a Beaver.) Anyway, whereas when I was in Scouting, it was an occasion where each group got up, did a skit or a song, and everyone had a good time, now, it’s a fundraiser. So, they had a silent auction, and a raffle. E won a remote-control car through the silent auction. I’m thinking, “Great, that’s cool, but C is going to be absolutely green with envy, and I’m going to have to go and buy one to keep the peace.” Then, C wins another RC car in the raffle! Fantastic! Problem solved.
Oh – another sidebar! So, after the banquet, I’m taking the kids out to the car in the parking lot, and I ask E to grab on to the hem of my jacket, because my hands were full of, you guessed it, RC cars. Anyway, we get about halfway to the car and E pipes up, “Hey…it’s like I’m walking a big pet…that wears glasses…and talks!” God he’s funny…
Anyway, we get home after our trip to the museum, etc., and the boys decide it would be great to have a race in the basement with the two RC cars…well to be fair it was the two RC cars PLUS E, who decided it was more fun to run around chasing, and/or being chased by, the cars. So we lay out a start/finish line on the floor and we were off to the races. So much fun…
I’m so freaking tired…but this was the best day!
I love days like that – they are so precious.