My 9-year-old daughter is having six girls over for a sleep-over tonight.

I'm. Scared.

Not as scared as my son is though. Heh.

My four-year-old son has been dying to see Spider-man 3 since, like, February when the first billboards started popping up around town. Then to further wrench his poor little fanboy's heart, his Pre-K teacher and two of his classmates saw it on opening weekend. Well, a parent can only listen to so many heartfelt, impassioned pleas at the breakfast ( Read more... )

I have spent the last three hours trying to get my kids to clean their rooms.

I need a cocktail.

Insomnia strikes again, so I give you Family adventures at the movies!

I took the kids to see Charlie and Chocolate Factory last night. First off, I should mention that CaCF was one of my favorite books as a child, and I’ve always been rather fond of the previous film version. So I was really looking forward to seeing the remake and I thought it ( Read more... )

After reading the multitudes of posts about Revenge of the Sith (I’m probably one of the last 10 people on LJ who has not seen it, btw), it came to my attention that a horrible cultural tragedy has taken place. There are young people out there who have not seen the original trilogy and yet have seen the prequels. And liked them, apparently. ( Read more... )