Boys' Night

We take the Batcar, that turns into the spy car while we listen to spy music and the rock car while we listen to "Just like a Rock Star" .................................................................................................................................................... You say "AND DADDY ON DRUMS!" and I say "And Greydon on GUITAR!" and we play the heck out of our air instruments. And that stop sign shows up out of nowhere. .................................................................................................................................................... The wind blows hard as we walk across the parking lot, you might need a haircut but I love how it all blows back and out in the wind. You say hold my hand while we look for cars and say "Wow, it sure is windy, that's what I'm talking about!" .................................................................................................................................................... "Look at that Batman, Dad" It is a pretty cool poster. .................................................................................................................................................... We stand in the potty after getting our tickets just in case, I'm tall enough to set of the automatic flusher... twice... you're not a fan, and we decide we don't really need to go potty right then. .................................................................................................................................................... You are so excited to get your very own popcorn, it comes with an Airhead and a drink, you choose Peach Fanta. I carry your tray and my drink and give you the secret super important spy mission of carrying the tickets. You do awesome and hand them to the ticket taker. .................................................................................................................................................... We find our seats and you are say "Look I am big enough to hold the seat open all on my own." "Monster University" looks like a great preview and we decide we should come back to see it sometime. .................................................................................................................................................... You love your popcorn and we put your drink in the cup holder. You don't seem to really notice not very long later that your popcorn has gone wrong side down onto the floor right in front of you. Until the movie starts and you want it back.... consequences bite dude. .................................................................................................................................................... The creepy suspenseful music in the dark woods has you crawl up into my lap and you hide your face and cover your ears. But the rest of the scary bear parts you like, that creepy music is worse than scary attacking bears. .................................................................................................................................................... You watch the whole thing, in about 15 different positions. On your back with your feet in the air, on the edge of your seat just missing the spilled popcorn, laying sideways drinking your peach Fanta, on my knee, arm, lap, standing at my shoulder, looking over the back of the chair at the light coming from the projector, at the lights on the wall, at the lights on the stairs, at the kids talking in the back. .................................................................................................................................................... You dance mightily to the Scottish Reel that plays over the credits while I scoop popcorn off of the floor and dab the peach Fanta from under the seat, and your shirt. .................................................................................................................................................... As we walk back to the lobby we see another cool Batman poster, and a new cartoon poster, and animals in a cannon, I don't know why they are making that face. .................................................................................................................................................... "Dad I forgot I need to go to the potty", so we walk fast, and you hold it like a big boy. .................................................................................................................................................... I avoid standing in the path of the automatic flusher eye this time ..................................................................................................................................................... "Oh no, Dad, I got some pee on the floor." .................................................................................................................................................... We wash our hands, and splash a bit in the water, I clean up the floor... I figure some pee might have gotten into the toilet. .................................................................................................................................................... The theater doesn't have games so we decide to go for a walk. .................................................................................................................................................... We walk up the hill and you ask me if we can lay under the tree and look at the branches, of course I agree. You say something so grown up my heart swells about the beauty of the branches being perfect, and then we are off again. .................................................................................................................................................... That part of the park has a wedding reception, so we turn and walk by the closed up animal petting zoo. We can still say hi to the lamas, and the goats, and the sheep. You sit on the wall, but the tall goat wants to investigate your shoe. So you pick up your feet as the other four come over also. We walk past the turkey cages and fly as jets with wide-arm wings zig zag through the rows of trees. You let me know who was the bad guy and who was the good guy, but it switched a few times. .................................................................................................................................................... You picked up a pine cone and just handed it to me. .................................................................................................................................................... We found another hill that went into a grassy gully and you asked to take of your shoes and socks, then giggled while you ran in circles. You thought it would be a good idea to just put your socks back on, I didn't agree. .................................................................................................................................................... I showed you how to lay like a log and roll down the hill. I still feel queezy as I write this but you did it again and again, fell over trying to walk back up and then rolled again. .................................................................................................................................................... At home we sit on the potty for a while. You sing and play video games while we wait for what isn't going to happen today apparently. You might be getting a fiber drink tomorrow. I watch you from a little ways away so you don't feel my hover, while you sit and play and sing with your knees up and your feet on the step stool. .................................................................................................................................................... We eat Macaroni and Cheese and watch old Muppet Show classics then make popcorn to make up for the spilled tray in the theater. I love having you sit on my lap on the couch while we eat and watch the show. .................................................................................................................................................... Mom comes home and gets some hugs and you get a little riled back up. But later we sit in the recliner reading a silly story about weird cowboys and an out of date children's sampler that must be from the 50's or 60's while you rub my over-grown summer beard and I make all of the silly voices. .................................................................................................................................................... You roll over and I turn out the light. .................................................................................................................................................... And I kiss you. .................................................................................................................................................... Again.