A late night Daddy Daughter Date...
It was close to 9pm and something inside me was winding down for the evening. The sun was about the set and the boys were nearing bedtime (thank God!). This is the time of the night when we typically just veg before drifting off for the night.
But right in the fat middle of my evening stupor, I had a thought pop into my head...
"Ask the girls if they want to go see a 9:30pm showing at the cheap theater."
Like anything, I gave it a second thought. My brain began to talk myself out of the idea that was just not practical whatsoever. But something in my heart fought through every reasonable argument to just not do it.
"Hey girls, you wanna go to Ready Player One tonight at Woodland?"
Aly and Tay were all about it and Heidi thought we should do it, too. We've all been going different directions lately, so I think Heidi saw the need for something like this for some much needed bonding, between the girls and I, but also between the girls themselves.
Kami came downstairs after taking a shower and we sprung the idea on her. She had to get up to work early in the morning, so she was weighing the cost of fatigue. Eventually she decided she didn't want to miss out and traded sleep for fun. Sometimes you just have to do that.
We were creating a memory.
Long story short, we had an awesome time.
We sang songs in the car on the way there. Watched an inspiring Youtube clip. Talked about some things going on with each of them. And laughed a lot.
We got in the theater and Aly promptly dropped the bucket of popcorn on the floor. Kami was on Snapchat immediately capturing the buffoonery. Like she does. We pulled out the soda that we smuggled in and put it in our cupholders. Tiled back in our chairs. We were ready to take it in.
We got out of the movie just before midnight and we pulled into our driveway around 12:30am. And you know what? IT WAS SO WORTH IT!
The whole way home we talked about various parts of the movie that fascinated us and some of the underlying themes that the writer was conveying creatively. I loved that each of my girls loved the film and could talk about the meaningful shifts in the plot and the characters they connected with and why. I love the friendship we have...it's so special to me.
So the moral of the story is this...do unreasonable, ridiculous things sometimes with your kids. The best memories are typically things that were never supposed to happen.
But right in the fat middle of my evening stupor, I had a thought pop into my head...
"Ask the girls if they want to go see a 9:30pm showing at the cheap theater."
Like anything, I gave it a second thought. My brain began to talk myself out of the idea that was just not practical whatsoever. But something in my heart fought through every reasonable argument to just not do it.
"Hey girls, you wanna go to Ready Player One tonight at Woodland?"
Aly and Tay were all about it and Heidi thought we should do it, too. We've all been going different directions lately, so I think Heidi saw the need for something like this for some much needed bonding, between the girls and I, but also between the girls themselves.
Kami came downstairs after taking a shower and we sprung the idea on her. She had to get up to work early in the morning, so she was weighing the cost of fatigue. Eventually she decided she didn't want to miss out and traded sleep for fun. Sometimes you just have to do that.
We were creating a memory.
Long story short, we had an awesome time.
We sang songs in the car on the way there. Watched an inspiring Youtube clip. Talked about some things going on with each of them. And laughed a lot.
We got in the theater and Aly promptly dropped the bucket of popcorn on the floor. Kami was on Snapchat immediately capturing the buffoonery. Like she does. We pulled out the soda that we smuggled in and put it in our cupholders. Tiled back in our chairs. We were ready to take it in.
We got out of the movie just before midnight and we pulled into our driveway around 12:30am. And you know what? IT WAS SO WORTH IT!
The whole way home we talked about various parts of the movie that fascinated us and some of the underlying themes that the writer was conveying creatively. I loved that each of my girls loved the film and could talk about the meaningful shifts in the plot and the characters they connected with and why. I love the friendship we have...it's so special to me.
So the moral of the story is this...do unreasonable, ridiculous things sometimes with your kids. The best memories are typically things that were never supposed to happen.
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