Monday, March 27, 2006
Weekend Recap
Friday night, after Pierce and Anna were put to bed, Nora and I had scary movie night. We watched Night of the Living Dead and ate a huge plate of homemade Nachos. Nora jumped at every “gotcha” moment and I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard. Both of us realized we lack the ability to eat the volume of chips and cheese we were once able to pack away.
Saturday evening Nora went out with a few of her girlfriends. Interestingly, Pierce spotted the DVD, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (one of my all-time favorite movies that Nora gave me as a stocking stuffer for Christmas). I had tried to interest Pierce in this movie a couple of a years ago but he wasn’t interested. This time it was a huge hit with both him and Anna. Every time an animated character made a cameo appearance, Pierce and Anna would yell at the TV, “there’s Dumbo!, there’s the penguins from Mary Poppins!, etc.). Pierce was literally on the edge of his seat towards the end of the movie when it looked like Tune Town was going to get “dipped”.
Anna had a nightmare early Sunday morning. At about 4:30 am she awoke crying. When I went in to see what was wrong she was sobbing, “I don’t want to turn into a blueberry!”.
Sunday was Pierce’s first Soccer practice. While pretty warm at our house, the soccer fields were windy and cold. None of us were dressed for the weather. Nora wrapped Anna in her hooded sweatshirt and I wrapped my arms around Nora. Brrrrrr. Nora’s folks and her brother, Billy, and his family came out to watch the practice. We all retired afterwards to a local mall for dinner and visiting.
George Mason is in the Final Four! My Alma mater, which belongs to one of the worst conferences in the country, is actually playing like they’d like to win the NCAA. I’m getting calls and emails from across the country from college friends who are as excited as I am. Win or lose I don’t expect to see GMU perform at this level again in my lifetime. I’m contemplating trying to get a cheap ticket to DC so I can watch next weekend’s game with my fraternity brothers.
-Eric (Dad)
Saturday evening Nora went out with a few of her girlfriends. Interestingly, Pierce spotted the DVD, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (one of my all-time favorite movies that Nora gave me as a stocking stuffer for Christmas). I had tried to interest Pierce in this movie a couple of a years ago but he wasn’t interested. This time it was a huge hit with both him and Anna. Every time an animated character made a cameo appearance, Pierce and Anna would yell at the TV, “there’s Dumbo!, there’s the penguins from Mary Poppins!, etc.). Pierce was literally on the edge of his seat towards the end of the movie when it looked like Tune Town was going to get “dipped”.
Anna had a nightmare early Sunday morning. At about 4:30 am she awoke crying. When I went in to see what was wrong she was sobbing, “I don’t want to turn into a blueberry!”.
Sunday was Pierce’s first Soccer practice. While pretty warm at our house, the soccer fields were windy and cold. None of us were dressed for the weather. Nora wrapped Anna in her hooded sweatshirt and I wrapped my arms around Nora. Brrrrrr. Nora’s folks and her brother, Billy, and his family came out to watch the practice. We all retired afterwards to a local mall for dinner and visiting.
George Mason is in the Final Four! My Alma mater, which belongs to one of the worst conferences in the country, is actually playing like they’d like to win the NCAA. I’m getting calls and emails from across the country from college friends who are as excited as I am. Win or lose I don’t expect to see GMU perform at this level again in my lifetime. I’m contemplating trying to get a cheap ticket to DC so I can watch next weekend’s game with my fraternity brothers.
-Eric (Dad)
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