We really need to get out more.
With seven kids, you don't get out much, besides church on Sundays.
We learn this every time we do go out.
Take today for example.
We were surprised with a trip to the big mall a few towns over. We were going to see Cars 2. Cars is a family favorite movie. We've seen it so many times, all nine of us have practically memorized it. Especially Mater's lines. (And, Mater is often quoted, sometimes multiple times a day.)
"Ya hurt yur what?!"
"McQueen and Sally, parkin' in a tree, K-I-S-Sumtin'-Sumthin'-Sumthin'-T!"
"Well dag gun!"
Back to the point.
Once we entered the mall, my siblings were THRILLED with the escalators. We ended up going up and down on them probably about 4-6 times, each time being met with a cheer and/or happy dance by a handful of them.
Ain't we fancy, with PIZZA at the FOOD COURT for lunch!
A couple boxes of candy, four bags of popcorn, and four sodas to split during the movie was more than we dreamed of.
While sitting at the (food court!!!) table during lunch, a certain seven year old brother pointed to a store across the way and exclaimed, "Hey look! It's Disney World!"
"Um, that's not Disney World. That's a store were they sell Disney toys and stuff," I clarified.
"Oh."
Upon entering the mall and going up the stairs the movie theater lobby, all my siblings were happily looking over the ledge at all the shoppers. My dad has went to get the tickets. Mom waited...and waited...and they all just kept looking over.
"Do you guys know what this place is?"
"No,"
"It's a movie theater!"
Yes, they would have stood their people watching all day and not knowing that we were going to see a movie in a few hours had we not told them.
We hadn't been to a movie theater together for about 4 years.
So, we had a super fun time today, in the Real World. We window shopped around the mall, had lunch in the food court(!) and watched the sequel to our all time favorite movie.
What a day!
