How's that for a sentence full of acronyms?
I cracked myself right up.
Of course, that could very well be due to the sugar/caffeine/junk food rush I'm on right now. I'll show you a picture of my counter from earlier today - I only ask that you don't judge me too harshly for what I fed the kids (and, uhm... myself) today.
Egads.
So, Jo dropped Roomie (who is 10) and Rook (who is 8) off this morning, bright and early, so we could watch the most recent three Harry Potter movies. For those of you who don't know, I've read the series of books with both kids. We've had our own little book club, complete with going out to eat after finishing each book so we can discuss plot points. ... Or, in Rook's case, to see how many Big Macs he can eat in one sitting. (The record is 2 and a half. Which is kind of a lot, but doesn't sound like too much - unless you know he'd also had a large fries, a large sprite AND a hot fudge sundae. Honestly, that child's ability to pound down food astounds me.) Anyway, Jo's kids and I have bonded over Harry Potter for years, so when I got all 6 movies on DVD for Christmas (thank you, Uncle Remus!), we planned a little movie date. As today was the first day that they had off school and I had off work, we planned the big day for today.
The kids came in their pajamas (I stayed in mine) and we ate a ridiculous amount of junk food while we watched three consecutive HP movies (with a drive-thru lunch between the last two movies). They came with their wands (note the wand to the right of the popcorn/m&m bowls in the picture above - hilar!) and their magical creatures (a stuffed toad and a monkey). The highlight of the day, other than Roomie saying that Umbridge reminded her of Hillary Clinton, was the fight in the ministry at the end of Order of the Phoenix - both kids had their wands pointed at the TV during the entire fight scene, yelling "unforgivable curses" at Bellatrix and Malfoy, Sr. I'm telling you, these kids are so stinking funny. I love them!
Anyhoo... it was a fun day. One of my most enjoyable days in recent history. And now that they've gone home, I think I'll do some laundry, and maybe sort through one of my bookshelves. Both things I totally could have done while they were here, but it was too fun to just sit and veg - I couldn't make myself do one single productive thing.
Why I don't watch three movies a day every day is beyond me. This day's been fab!
4 comments:
Jealous. I LOVE Harry Potter, and we watch the movies all the time (but have to fast-forward the scary parts for our kids). A HP book reading marathon is also fun.
How sweet - you seem to be the kind of adult that kids just want to hang out with! Sounds like a good time!
What? Couldn't handle Cili and Maggie too? :)
My, the best part of watching HP with these two? They've read the books, so they knew the scary bits were coming up. For the most part, they were okay. (Rook did have to bury his head during the cave scene in #6. Bless his heart.)
Lorielle, I'm pretty sure that's because I'm actually just a big kid. (Did you see what I fed the kids? Popcorn. And M&M's. With a side of Taco Bell drive-thru for lunch. Oh, yeah. I'm just a big kid with a driver's license and a debit card. It's a dangerous combination.)
Whit, I could totally handle them... but Jo's rules are that the kids can only watch the movies they've read the books for. As Cili's just working on the Red Group of words, HP is a little high-brow for her. And Mag's still learning to talk. (Half the name my name is Laurie, half the time it's No.)
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