Michael's Birthday

What a day. I had hoped to take Michael to the free movie at the library. It would have been his first movie in a theater. But he decided he would rather stay home and play with Ana (who was going to play with Faith while he and I went to the movie). I was hoping to convince him, and even asked Sadie to go with us. But when it was time to eat lunch before we went, Michael informed me that he was going to "eat reeeaaaallly slooooooow" so that we wouldn't make it in time. What a stinker. So yes, we ended up staying home and watching The Incredibles instead.

It rained almost all day. Michael was only able to spend about five minutes outside riding his new bike. He loves it. I just wish the rain would stop so he could enjoy it more.

Later, Jeff and I took him to see Up in the real movie theater. Jeff wanted to see it anyway, so it was a good opportunity to take Michael somewhere special for his birthday. It probably was a bad idea. He was kind of ornery and insisted that he get chocolate milk to drink. Ever seen chocolate milk in a movie theater? Me neither. So he wasn't happy that I got him lemonade instead. Then he had to go potty. Then he wouldn't sit next to us. He wanted to sit all by himself (one empty seat between him and anyone else). Then, when the house flew through a nasty thunderstorm, he bolted over on top of my lap and started asking questions. What's happening? Why is there rain? Is he hurt? Did they fall down? The questions didn't stop until the movie was over. Well, there was a short reprieve when he loudly announced that he needed to go poop. Ah, the discretion of a four-year-old.

All in all, it was an interesting day. He said he had a good day and that he had fun. And when he said his prayers last night, he said, "Thanks that we could go to a movie," so it must not have been all bad, right? We'll just remember not to take him to another movie for at least three more years.