The girls had a great time. They had been to a laser tag place before during summer cmap, but not this one, which they say had different rules than what they'd done before. Subsequently, Shelby (being stubborn and picky) had a bit of a tantrum about the fact that they weren't playing the way she knew how to play. So I had to tag along with her the first game to help her figure out what to do. But then Darby got upset at the fact that I was using her (as she was on the other team) as target practice in showing Shelby how to shoot. Shelby got the hang of it pretty quick and was off on her own before I knew it, shooting her sister all on her own. Here's a picture of the girls in their laser gear.
After the party, I had planned to take the girls to see Shark Tale, though I originally planned to go to one of the local mall theaters, as I didn't want to deal with the crowds I expected at the newly-opened, one-day-old Bricktown theater (see related articles). But I decided last minute to go ahead and checkout the new theater and abort if it was too packed.
Surprisingly it wasn't too packed (though we got there at 2pm, which I'm sure helped), so we got tickets and walked around the new place for a bit, as they've done a lot down there in just a few weeks. When we were last at Bricktown for a ballgame, they still had so much to do, but they got it all done quite nicely.
I'm so glad we chose to go to that theater. Not only is it better than most of the other local theaters (not that the newer super-sized theaters aren't excellent), but we were fortunate that we caught Shark Tale on opening weekend as they had it showing in the monstrously-sized "Cine Capri" theater (600-seats, 70-ft high screen, 150 speakers). I simply MUST see all of my future movies on that screen. Wow. Well, okay, I know that I can't do that, but some (like the upcoming Star Wars Episode III), I think were made for a screen that big.
I know you're tired of reading about the theater already, and you just want to know if you should see the movie. And the answer is a resounding YES. Remember that the makers of Shrek are responsible for this movie, so if you liked those two movies, you'll love this one. I wouldn't say it was better than Finding Nemo outright, but it definitely had some better aspects to it. I liked it quite a bit. And the kids loved it. So go see it already.
In her typical fashion, Shelby messed up something brand new (She's VERY good at staining brand new clothes on their first wearing). Considering that the theater had been open just over 24-hours when we visited, I'd say she was the first kid to spill an entire just-purchased, full-to-the-brim soda all over the brand new floors. So if you go see a movie there soon, and you hit that sticky spot, think of and thank Shelby.
After the movie, the girls wanted to eat dinner at the also newly opened Sonic Cafe next to the theater. They had their pick of restaurants, but that's what they picked because they had never seen anything other than a drive-in Sonic (and in fact, there are only something like three or four sit-down Sonics if I remember correctly). That was a very typical Sonic meal, but it's a neat little place. We ate on the patio, where there's a menu on the wall with the little red button that you push to order. What's different is that the menu has a credit card slot, so you order and pay right there and go sit down and they bring out your food, all of which I thought worked out okay.
In what must be the strangest event of the day, a complete stranger (a teenaged girl, not like a sicko or something) walked up to Shelby and gave her a flower and said she was such a pretty girl that she wanted her to have that flower. Like I said, strange.
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