We watched "The Happening" yesterday. I didn't want to watch it Saturday night when Daniel brought it home because I didn't know much about it. I just knew that those kind of movies are a little creepy and I didn't want to be scared to walk out of my bedroom in the middle of the night. It really wasn't that scary, but I didn't really like it. I especially didn't like the end when it turned into a "mother nature is fighting against the horrible humans" movie. Sorry if I spoiled the ending for anyone. We kept having to pause it though because the kids would come out when we could tell something gory was about to be on. Then we'd have to try and coax them back to their rooms. "Go see what Eli's doing," "I think Ema has candy hidden somewhere, go look for it." We didn't really say the last one. Anyway-I wasn't impressed with it.
Elena is afraid of monsters under her bed. I told her we cleaned them all out, but she's still calls me almost every night. "Mooommmy, I need youuuuuu. Dere's a mosser unner my bed." I have to reassure her that it's okay. I let her look at books and that usually occupies her enough that I can get out of the room. She is great at not going to bed though.
"Mooommmy, I need go poooottty."
"You just went."
"Oh, maybe I need go kiky." (stinky, because I don't like the other words for it!)
"Go to sleep, Elena."
After a few minutes, "Mooommmmy, I need a gwink."
This is all very frustrating to me because she used to lay there, get her blanket over her, kiss us goodnight and we were done with it. She'd go right to sleep. Now we think that since her bed looks right to the door and we can't shut it until after Ema goes to sleep because she gets scared, that it's making it hard for her to go to sleep. After we went to the park the other day, she did go right to sleep-maybe I just need to get more activity into their days.
What else is happening here? Hmmmmm...oh somebody left. . . . (this is for Shellie-hopefully you will remember what I'm talking about and laugh and laugh!)
I think I need to get to bed-I don't really have anything interesting to say. Our holidays were great this year, but they seem so long ago! Maybe I should have written sooner! I will try and post some pictures next time. Right now, the bed is calling me! Goodnight!
4 comments:
I'm glad you were productive today. That's always a nice feeling. You'll be happy when Ema is about 12 and she gets the whole cleaning thing down and maybe having 4 kids won't be so much work and you can put them all to work!
Um... so I'm not getting the reference. Maybe it's too early in the morning. Is it a Phil thing like all is well? Have a good day. Maybe we'll see you this weekend.
At least you got a laugh about that. I'll laugh next time I read it. I told you was too early in the morning.
Not boring at all -- interesting! Not everyone knows what it's like to have four young kids, so it's a little peek into that life. =) Miles isn't at the calling-to-us-from-his-bed stage, but hopefully since we're way down the hall he won't get there!
I don't think you were alone in not liking The Happening, but if you read on the website about it, it makes much more sense. M. Night was basically just making a B-movie like he'd always wanted to, and there are several criteria that go into that sort of movie. I liked it and didn't like it, I think. The Village is still my favorite of his.
I still need to be more productive, that is one of my new years resolutions. I always do the weight one, but don't get very far. Mainly I need to have a bigger house to stay more organized. Too small of a space for all of our things.
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