The weekend roundup

With much skepticism, I went with the group to watch Hellboy II. It was good to get out, spend time with friends, and not have to go anywhere for the entire weekend. The movie ended up being pretty darn good and I was actually so engrossed, that I didn’t notice the waiter bringing back my credit card slip to sign. I know, that sounds weird. If you aren’t blessed with an Alamo Drafthouse in your vicinity, I am very, very sorry. I refuse to see movies anywhere else. The gimmick is that each row of seats has a long, skinny table. You get to watch a movie, order good food and have some beer or wine to accompany the whole deal. It doesn’t get any better than that. If I didn’t already live in Austin with a slew of Alamo’s, I would definitely be getting in on the franchise.

Saturday was a completely mundane house cleaning day. Except, that Tony and I are spoiled and rarely do any deep cleaning anymore. We save in other areas so that we can have someone come out every other week and do the heavy-duty stuff. We finished off the day by soaking in the pool and grilling some burgers with the grandparents. I ended up getting stung by a bee, but I’ll let Tony tell you that story. Smooches, I love you honey. The bee event took place right when our baby was being kick-ass. She had been playing on the top step of the pool when she decided that she wanted to crawl out. She actually managed to figure out the whole “get the knee up and over the edge”. 

Sunday was a completely lazy day. We had a slow morning and finally rolled out of the house around 11am. We ran some errands and grabbed some lunch. Afterwards, we decided to see if the baby’s brain could be melted into calmness with the dizzying lights and colors of a movie. We hit an early showing of Wall-E. The girl did good for about an hour and then it was time to go. Perhaps we’ll get to see the last half at some point, but I highly recommend the first half. There was plenty of adults and kids alike. I found myself watching the girl as she stared at the screen. I can’t wait until she is old enough to really appreciate the humor like the older kids did.

Perhaps the biggest news of all is that Izzy will start eating the school lunches on Monday. We are working on a rapid phase out of all baby food. She no longer eats any baby food at home and I was ready to end the baby food at daycare. Almost all of the school lunches are suitable for her, so she’ll eat those and we’ll send her lunch on days when the food is “too advanced”. The 9 month check-up is this week. Stay tuned for stats.