The Force Awakens

Jingle Bell made breakfast for us! He's trying to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup!

Today we took our last trip to the chiropractor, a visit for the entire family.  Madison always hides, and always jumps out and says, "Boo!"  She hides under tables, under chairs, behind potted plants, and today, under a pile of jackets that we rested on an adjustment table.  Of course, it's fairly obvious where she is hiding.  So Doc Williams plays along, this time stacking other items on top of the pile, as if she were not there at all.  When lo!  She once again jumps out and says, "Boo!"

After the chiropractor, we all had a bite to eat at Cracker Barrel, which was just perfect.  Though the temperature outside is warmer, the fireplace was still up and going.  And the food was good again.  Madison is getting the hang of the pin game beforehand, as Daddy is showing her the pattern to victory.  She's almost got it, actually.

And so what next to do?  Oh yeah - that little Star Wars movie that just came out!  Yes, we finally saw it today, taking our usual seats in the back row a little earlier, simply because the crowds are so huge for this one movie.  Three auditoriums in this one theater were dedicated to this movie, three showings going on at the same time, with different start times.  And all three had lines of people waiting to see the movie - although we timed our showing just right.  This will be the biggest money making movie of all time, in a very short time.  We delayed out viewing because we knew there's be so many people crowding theaters to see it.  Still, the crowds were big.

As for the movie itself, it was fun.  I'd rank it either #4 or #5, for one reason that won't be spoiled here.  The movie was really great until one pivotal moment that sort of blasted everything down significantly.  Sort of hard to get over.  It's the sort of moment that when waking up at 2:00 am, you're still thinking about, and that's all we'll say here.

The rest of the day was pleasant, spent at home preparing for Christmas.  We did some wrapping, of course, and enjoyed the atmosphere of our decorated house.  The outside is just lovely, with lighted garland around the doorway, wreathes on every window, and garland even on the mailbox.  The windows are open in front of the one lighted tree, and the upstairs tree is nice as well, seen from the outside.  We've had the Pandora channel with Christmas music playing the last few weeks, changing from time to time for variety - although we still listen to that radio station that blessed Aunt Shain's family so much.

Tonight, we watched "A Mom for Christmas," an old Christmas movie with Olivia Newton John.  Madison enjoyed it very much, and was quite concerned about the ending, hoping for the best.  Of course, there's a happy ending to it.  It was quite enjoyable.

And so our reading has been.  We're reading "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," and it's just been lots of fun.  The Tim Burton movie seems to be more accurate to the book at this point, something we'll no doubt be seeing after Christmas.  Until that time, it's fun reading the book and doing all the voices for the characters.  It really is a fun book!

So to all a good night - we're getting closer to the big day!