Boys Night Out

Caroline had a sleepover to go to last night and Casey had to work so that left Duncan and I at home alone. He was pretty bummed about that so earlier in the week he invited his friend Kade to come over and play Wii and go to the movies.
After going to the lot to see all the walls now in place, and the beginnings of a roof!! and then making sure Caroline was all set at her party, we headed off to get Kade. He is a really good kid and Duncan was so excited to have him check out the new video game. While they played Wii- Kade said before he played it he thought he wanted one but now he really LOVED it- I taped up around the trim in the hall for it to be painted. The boys decided they were hungry so I took them to McDonald's. Which is a huge treat at our house because I absolutely abhor McDonald's, and you'll understand why in minute. But we went. AND they got Surf's Up toys in their Happy Meals which was just "totally mondo, dude!"

We didn't have enough time to play, which is just as well because I really didn't want Duncan stuck in there and have to envision myself trying to get through the tubes. As if that wasn't nauseating enough-I have other issues with the playland. The only thing I am able to think about any time I am near a McDonalds playland is the time when Caroline was 3 in San Angelo and she LOVED to play at Mickey D's and she came down to tell me there was poop in the tunnel she had been crawling in for the past thirty minutes. I freaked. When I say I freaked, I mean as in life was not the same for days for me after "the incident". Needless to say it was years before we went near another McDonalds playland. And I was ready to pull out all kinds of bribery to make sure I did not have to wedge my rear end in a tunnel that may or may not contain human waste.

We headed on over to the movies. I was a little anxious about that part of the evening. We have had several incidents at this theatre with people sitting in the wheelchair accessible seating even though they have no need for it. And don't even get me started on Casey and my new campaign "Being Fat is NOT a Disability" (look for t-shirts soon, although they will not be available at Wal-Mart as it would offend too many of their customers) Last time it happened I think I handled it well. I spoke assertively and confidently but kept my voice down and looked the man directly in the eye when I answered his "Well, he can sit there (pointing to wheelchair space) and ya'll can sit up there" I told him I was about to kick his butt up to the moon and eat his popcorn while he was gone. Not really. I said, " This is my 6 year old son and he will need to sit with me." Firmly. He moved. And he even apologized after the movie. He really did. I was shocked too. But all that was to say, I was afraid a whole scene playing out like that, however calm it may be, was probably going to freak Kade out. So I had prepared Duncan for the possibility that we would park his chair in the back and I would carry him to his seat so he could sit next to Kade. We were ready for Plan B.

We got to the theatre and paid and the boys decided they were stuffed from McDonald's so they would share a box of candy. And into the theatre we go. It was really cute, Kade just took over pushing Duncan. He never said a word he just took the handle bars and took off. Luckily, when we arrived in the the theatre there were only a couple people and no one was near the wheelchair seats which happen to be right in the middle of this theatre. Kade sat next to Duncan and I sat directly behind them. They thought the movie was hilarious.


For mom's out there who are destined to sit through this one in the next week or two- it's pretty cute. Funny and a nice dose of toilet humor so the 6-8 yr old boys will particularly love it. It does talk of Cody's dad being eaten but no details are given and no one else dies or anything else that might scare little ones. I do have to ask though, if you are taking little guys to the movie and they tell you repeatedly throughout the movie, "I want to doe home, momma" only stopping to kick the chair of the nice lady in front of them, then please take them home.

We took Kade home after the movie. He lives several miles outside of town. Duncan was asleep almost immediately upon leaving Kade's driveway. Kade announced he had a "really, really lot of good time". Me too.