Curious George made a showing at Mayfair Mall tonight. I saw the ad for it this past weekend and decided that it would be a fun night out.  It is amazing how many other parents thought the same thing! He made an appearance with the Man in the Yellow hat from 4-6 pm in the Time Warner store. When I got to the mall a little after 5, the line to see these two was outrageous. Since we were there, I decided to take my chances and stood in line to wait. Thankfully, I had a snack and something for Natalie to drink. After standing in line for about a half an hour, one of the store employees came out to say that we were part of the line that most likely would not have a chance to see Curious George. I explained to Natalie that we might not see George, and she took it very well. I decided to take our chances at that point. We finally made it into the store a few minutes before 6. We were able to get to see George, and we even got a picture out of the whole deal. :) The positive note to this long story is that Nate decided not to meet us at the mall. He would not have been a happy camper in this whole ordeal.
Totally unrelated to the last story, is how Natalie has been wired at about 8pm, the last couple of evenings. Monday evenings, I tutor until 8pm. Typically, Natalie has been put to bed and is asleep by the time I get home. Last evening, I walked in the door, and Nate saw a flash of purple run past him and into the kitchen. Natalie was excited to hear me come home. I thought it was pretty cute, so I put her back to bed in a couple of minutes once I got myself settled. An hour later, after singing and talking and giggling in her room, she finally went to sleep after some stern warnings from both Nate and me. Tonight was quite similar in her wind up mode once we put her to bed the first time. She was telling us funny stories from her bedroom, being very goofy, and making us chuckle…even after we told her it was time to settle down and go to sleep. I believe she may finally be asleep now. We’ll see… Hopefully, this wind up mode will not continue to be part of our nightly routine.
I’m so glad I didn’t go. I hate lines and crowds.