Cavett Time

On Wednesday of this week Grandmama came and picked up Kendrick for a few days of alone time.  At this point, I am not sure who's the winner in the situation and it could be a tie all.  We all get one-on-one time with each kids and the kids enjoyed it too.  It's just a win-win situation.  Next week, the situation is reversed and we will have Kendrick and Cavett will have time with Grandmama.

Since art is rarely done in my house because of past incidences, I had a craft that was saved for just this kind of moment.  We used a egg carton, painted it and glued pieces to it for a spaceship for his figurines.  Cavett's request was to have Pei Wei for lunch on Thursday.  That was granted along with starting a 1000 piece puzzle.  That evening he stayed up later and learned how to play Monopoly and is now addicted. 

Friday we had pool time, did a video interview which we hope to be a back-to-school interview we will do every year for both kids, finished our puzzle (with the help of the puzzle fairy that came after he went to bed,) and played another round of Monopoly.  But, the culminating event was going to the movies to see Despicable Me followed by dinner at Capital Grille. 

I won't speak on the movie, it wasn't that great to me, but what mattered was that Cavett loved it!  Think Annie meets a space movie, meets a thief.  Afterwards, we had steak, lobster mac-n-cheese and Parmesan truffle french fries and talked about the art surrounding us at Capital Grille.  The waitress was super nice to Cavett on his special date and hooked him up with a diet coke with cherries and a rose to give to Mom at the end. 

Everything about the time with him was awesome.  I have no doubt that next week will be just as fun, but in a completely different way.

My Boys

After dropping Cavett off at school and spending 40 minutes at the gym, Kendrick and I had an outing. We headed to our local Lowe's to buy some supplies for our "little" project tomorrow. We had such a fun time. First off, he was very happy. Second, he found everything and everyone interesting, but not interesting enough to want to get out of the buggy. If you have been around Kendrick or seen my past blog, you know that he would rather be the one pushing the buggy than to ride backwards in it.

He must have captured 15 peoples attention. He is such the flirt. So much so, that one worker gave him a Lowe's Hot Wheel car and it wasn't even to give Kendrick something to occupy his attention. He was mesmerized by all that was going on around him! There was the cutting of the boards, the forklift, the paint shaker, the check-out scanner, Christmas decorations. The forklift passed us as we were checking out and even though it was COLD outside, we stopped and watched it drop it's load in the bed of a truck. Fun times! This is one to remember. Maybe we should make a trip to Lowe's every week. The unfortunate part was that I didn't have my camera in my purse. The terrible pic was with my camera phone.

Once Dad got home tonight, we dropped Kendrick off at church for Parent's Night Out. We decided to change it from PNO to a CNO--Cavett night out. He has been so sweet lately. He's been so obedient and helpful. He's just a good kid(I promise I haven't even used the "Santa isn't going to bring you any presents" trick). We thought he deserved a treat.

We wanted to take him for sushi, but the movie times weren't condusive. So, we ended up at a favorite Italian restuarant instead, Collina's. Unfortunately, the line was so that we waited for about 30 minutes. Cavett was loosing it. No nap and hungriness weighed heavily. He ordered spaghetti and we tried to talk over the hurried eating and loudness of the restaurant. Collina's is right next to the movie theater, so we walked (hauled it!).

We watched the new Disney/Pixar's new flick, Bolt. The movie time said 7:40. We arrived, rushed to get tickets, use the bathroom and find a seat at 8:00. The movie didn't even start until 8:05. Can you believe it? 25 minutes worth of previews!!!! Other than that, Bolt was pretty cute. It was a chase type of movie, but the Pixar people are pretty good at story telling (just look at Monsters, Inc.)--ingeneous, I say. They set up a funny senario. It's about a dog that totally believes he is a "super"hero and has powers. Little does he know that he is on a TV set and the whole thing is fake. When the real world hits, he is clueless. Lucky for him, he meets good friends along the way and eventually discovers that the love he did have on the set was real. Kind of choked me up at the end. It is rated PG for some peril and danger. I had my reservations. Cavett was a bit unnerved at the beginning and didn't like how loud it was even when we moved to a higher seat. Also, even though he likes guns and battles and danger, he likes it when he is in control of it. He was a bit fearful of the fire, but it was ok and we made it a learning lesson. "That's why we don't play with fire/candles, etc."

Now, for the best part. It wasn't just a Cavett Night Out. Dad made it into a "teach Cavett how to take girl's on a date" kind of night. As soon as Dad got home, he summoned Cavett quickly to the garage. Within a few minutes, I was greeted with a bouquet of flowers and a kiss. Cavett opened my doors and ended the date with the sweetest good night kiss. Love that kid. Some little girl is truy lucky.

I thought it was wierd when my Mom used to pray for my husband when I was in elementary school, but now I understand. So, tonight, I pray for that little girl out there somewhere who will capture my sons heart. I pray that she is a God-fearing, loving, tender, gentle, understanding, strong woman who will love Cavett deeply.

Answers to yesterday's quiz:

Peter-violins

bird-flute (BTW, it's a REALLY hard part to play)

duck-oboe

cat-clarinet

wolf-French horn

Grandfather-bassoon

hunters-timpani