Pacified

Upon the conclusion of Darby's latest bout with grounding, I planned to take them to see a production of Alice in Wonderland at a local family theater. But by the time we finished dinner and got to the area of the theater, it was about ten minutes until show time and I couldn't find the place. This is also not to mention there was no apparent parking that I could tell. I had the address of the theater, but no matter how many times I drove back and forth, I just wasn't seeing it.

After discussing it with the girls, we went with the backup plan. We went to a movie instead, to see The Pacifier. It's a Disney movie, so it had all the expected gratutious lameness, but it was pretty funny as well, so for me it leveled out from a dive, but the kids REALLY liked it. They laughed out loud quite often, and they're already asking when we can get it on DVD.


On the way into the movie, Darby and I were discussing her recent disciplinary forays. I told her that the next grounding would be for two weeks instead of one, and she about freaked. She went into this "oh, I HATE being ground" bit, which was good, because at least I know it has some effect (some people take better to groundings than others).


UPDATE, 6 MARCH
What an impression. I think Shelby has a new favorite movie. She was sitting there daydreaming in her room this morning and I asked her what was going on. Her response? I'm thinking about the movie, trying to remember it all in my head. A few minutes later she asked me... Do you think they'll come out with a Pacifier game boy game?