dragons

Annabelle and I shared a movie adventure with Jen and Ryan today. I was so excited to take her to see How to Train Your Dragon and she was excited to see her aunt and cousin. She was disappointed Reagan wasn't there, but on the drive down she told me "Go faster, Ryan is waiting for me" and she wasn't disappointed there. The kiddos were thrilled to see each other and danced around the lobby while we purchased popcorn and slushies. Unfortunately Annabelle was much more excited to see her cousin than to watch the movie. She wanted to play with him and wasn't really interested in the movie. I also attribute it to she's a girlie girl and wasn't all that interested in the dragon theme. (She loves the Princess movies and Chipettes and didn't take her eyes off the screen for those movies). She was a very good girl, but wanted to go visit the potty a lot and also screamed out several times "Ooooh, scarrrry!". I always enjoy my one-on-one time with her and it's wonderful to see the bond she has with her cousins. It's quite amazing how quickly ths tiny girl of mine can suck down a slushie and bucket of popcorn. Record time!

Scarfing popcorn with her cousin Ryan

(taken with my Blackberry, which explains the horrible quality)

I had to be the mean momma when Ryan asked if we could come over to his house to play after the show. Boooo! I hate seeing those sad little faces when all they want to do is play together. Even Annabelle pulled Jen down to her eye-level and said "I'll come over to your house and play, ok???" with those sad little eyes. Gwyneth and B were home making dinner for us and after a long weekend we had to get home and start getting settled in for the busy week ahead. Jen promised them that both Annabelle and Gwyneth could come over to play in the next few weeks. That seemed to give them a glimmer of hope and allowed us to finally head to our cars without tears or total melt-down. Ryan and Annabelle hugged it out and Ryan picked her up right off her feet. It was a sweet day.

We arrived home in time to find grilled steaks, twice baked potatoes and sliced tomato and onion salad waiting for us. We are lucky, lucky girls. It's the beginning of spring here in Colorado which means there's an inevitable snow fall in our future, but also the grill has been fired up and we get to enjoy many of B's bbq creations in the months ahead!