Monsters Bowling

At noon, we took our little Boo to her first University - "Monsters University."  We waited until Monday to see the movie, and still the theater was pretty crowded.  There were lots of kids there at noon, but we still managed to find a few seats in our traditional spot in the back row.  The movie was good, although not as good as the original.  Still, there was much to appreciate, including the happy return of Mike and Sully.  This morning before actually heading off to see the movie, Daddy plugged in the soundtrack as Madison and Daddy spent some time drawing from our "How to Draw Disney Characters" book.  Of the two, Madison chose Sully, so we spent about an hour working on our drawings before heading off to the theater.

Yes, Madison enjoyed the movie.  Mommy got her a Mike Wazowski Pez Dispenser, and yes, believe it or not, I spelled that right before I looked it up.  Anyway, he was loaded with Pez candy.  Mommy is a smuggler unlike any other:  she smuggled in all sorts of candy for us to munch on in the back row, along with our huge tub of popcorn, of course.  Another thing about the movie:  we waited for the post-credits sequence.  With Pixar lately, there's been something after the credits.  Out of the entire theater, we were the only ones to wait and see it.  Madison is getting used to this weird thing we do:  watch everyone leave the theater, and wait until the very end.  Remember Ferris Bueller (and most John Hughes movies)?  I think those were the first with post-credits sequences that I know of.  Now, a lot of movies feature some little fun thing at the end.  You just never know which ones though - although Pixar and Marvel movies are fairly reliable.  In fact, "The Avengers" had two bits, one in the middle of the credits and one afterwards:  the famous Shwarma scene.

Anyway, we enjoyed the flick.  We came home afterwards, where we did a bit of reading for the summer reading program.  And Madison also did some piano playing, getting a better handle on the song "Mystery Mouse."

But we were far from done with our activity.  This year, we finally started to take advantage of that "Kids Bowl Free" promotion from the bowling centers.  We had a bit of shopping to do, but afterwards, the three of us went to the Gainesville Bowling Center for the first time, and bowled a couple games together.  Mommy did very well.  Daddy did abysmal, and felt absolutely humiliated.  Madison was oblivious:  her form varied from the "fireman carry" to the "under-the-leg-sweep" to the "one-and-a-two-and-a-three-and throw!"  She did a bit of the "shot put" style as well - its a good thing the side bars were up for her - it was like pinball watching the bowling ball bounce from side to side until it reached it's destination:  the pins.  Sometimes, the ball would just stop there.  Literally, right in the middle of the pins, there the bowling ball would die.  She did pick up a few spares, which were celebrated mightily.  If there's one thing she has, it's a encouraging sort of spirit:  part of the official rules, according to her, are cheering on other players as they go to bowl.  Ultimately, she had a great time - and as we bought a summer pass, this won't be the last time we bowl there.  In fact, we can add a few names to our "summer pass," so we're adding Nana and Ye-Ye to the list.  They can join in the fun - and I don't want to hear any complaining:  nobody can do worse than Daddy did tonight!