We stopped again for poutine on the way home — and then picked up lobsters to have for dinner. We have a problem.

My parents new house is located right on a lake.

The Peanut thinks it’s fantastic.

The Peanut decided he was uninterested in sleeping last night… between roughly 12-330 he was up and down, fussing, wanting to snuggle and wanting to kick us out of our bed. The Sister and I, after around four hours of sleep, ran on fumes all day.

We went to a fantastic place for dinner though and after we were done, I took the Peanut outside to run up and down the sidewalk while they paid the check and finished their drinks. A man walked by and said, “hey cutiepie” and smiled at us. I told the Peanut to say “hi” and “thank you”… and the guy informed me he was talking to me. I smiled and said thanks and moved away down the sidewalk, texting my sister to tell them to hurry up.

I was recounting this to her in the car and my dad said, “this is why you need to be packing!” To which I responded, “so I can shoot a guy for giving me a compliment? seriously?”

Texas was the originator of the stand your ground law – shoot first, don’t ask questions later. 😛

The Sister and I drove the Peanut up to visit our parents this weekend, the first trip of many, and he did amazingly well during the four hour drive. We stopped at our favorite restaurant (poutine!) along the way, which worked out well as he loved the fries and our choice of table, and ended the day with a dip in the hotel pool. (Shocker, he LOVES the pool, lol.)

Today was zoo and tapas day. The Peanut and the Sister were a fantastic time. 🙂

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.
Anthony Brandt

We saw The Avengers tonight while on a double date. Our friend is 32 weeks pregnant and managed to not get up to use the restroom once… but at the end, when the Chop requested we stay seated to see the special scenes after the credits, she asked him if he wanted to see her pee in the theater when she stood up, lol. He informed her we’d tell the management that someone spilled Mountain Dew. 😉

The movie was AWESOME and our theatre had some very enthusiastic fans.. particularly after this scene, which had everyone laughing hysterically.

Lisa Congdon, 365 Days of Hand Lettering

When I was a kid, I used to listen to songs on repeat, watch the same movie over and over and read the same book a hundred times. I know now that’s normal and how kids learn the world around them – I also know it drove my parents insane, lol.

Newsies was one of those movies that we (my sister, I, my best friend Em) watched religiously. Once a week for months we’d sit in front of the TV, absorbed in what we considered the best movie of all time. We sang the songs, attempted to dance the dances, dissected the love interest… there was literally nothing about that movie we hadn’t memorized. We each had a favorite (Jack, Spot, Davey) and passionately defended our choices (as girls of a certain age are want to do).

The minute the music started on Broadway last night, my sister and I were transported back to our youth. We grinned and cheered through the entire production (as did everyone in the audience), sang along with some of the music and talked nonstop about how great it was during intermission. They changed part of the story (bulking up the love interest and removing Bill Pullman’s character – a sacrilege), which made us sad – but we still loved it.

I hope it runs for years.

My sister and I took our Mom to NYC for Mother’s Day to see Newsies. It was amazing, as was the Muse hotel where we stayed. I LOVE weekends like this 🙂

My parents haven’t seen each other in a month and apparently, they missed each other. Ugh.

My sister flew out with my mom for the week, and driving home with them was very disturbing for her… but posting about it on Facebook? Good god, no. lol