MOMMY AND ME

The boys enjoyed spring break this past weekend. They packed up the dirt bikes and headed to five mile pass for a day of boy time. Trish called up and said she was taking the girls to the movie "Horton Hears a Who." On Mondays they have a special showing where infants and toddlers are free. That sounded like fun, taking Keeli out for a mother daughter date. I waited years for a daughter to take to the mall, to go see chick flicks and to get pretty manicures. My years of waiting are over! Keeli and I are going out for our first mother daughter date!

I picked Trish,Luke and the girls up and we headed out for a day at the movies. We walked into the dark theatre with our hands full of babies, drinks and treats. The theatre was jam packed full of infants and toddlers. It then hit me, of course the theatre is full of kids. They are free! There were no seats. We had to separate and find what few seats were left. I sat down with Keeli on my lap excited to enjoy a fun movie. I somehow forgot that Keeli is only ten months old. She wanted nothing to do with a movie. I frantically started giving her baby cheeto's. She would eat one and throw one. I tried giving her teddy grahams. She wanted to feed teddy grahams to the boy next to her. She then threw her binky. I was feeling around on the dark floor and couldn't find it anywhere. I was wrestling Keeli in a small confined seat with total strangers sitting on each side of me. My mother/daughter date was turning into a nightmare. It gets worse. An awful smell begins to permeate around me. "Please tell me it is not Keeli," I pleaded. Yes, Keeli decided a movie would be a perfect place to do her business. I was done.

We left the movie after an excruciating forty minutes. We waited in the car for Trish and her gang. I guess I was a bit too anxious for our mother/daughter date. We now spend our bonding time together watching the "Wiggles" and "Captain Feathersword" on the television.