We don’t have a 12-year-old. It’s been a while since I posted, but not that long.
No, our 8-year-old, Slim, is the oldest. So he’ll be staying home to watch his three siblings while Kick Ass Wife and I don our flaming unitards and head to the theater to see Katniss and the gang get all primal on one another.
And speaking of getting all primal, KAW read the entire HG trilogy in the last 10 days after I downloaded them to her phone. Pretty impressive considering she has a full-time job. (Sleep deprivation, anyone?)
I don’t know why we’ve gotten into these books. Maybe because any one of the scenes involving the Cornucopia could be a reenactment of every meal served at our dining table ever.
Believe me, Hellcat could give Katniss a serious run for her money, especially if it involved who got the pink Dora cup rather than the blue Toy Story one. The 4-year-old tribute is ruthless when it comes to plastic dinnerware.
Anyway, may the odds ever be in your favor.
And I’m referring to getting tickets.
I admit, I had a definite “WTF!” moment there about you having a 12 year old. Time to commence caffeine drip.
You are so right about the Cornucopia being like serving dinner… if it’s pizza. Or dessert.
Good luck on those odds. I’ll be waiting a few weeks.
For all I know, I may have a 12-year-old somewhere. I’m just not aware of it. I’m pretty verile. Or at least I was…
Yeah, we’ll probably be waiting a few weeks as well. I imagine the crowds at the theater this weekend are going to look a lot like The Hunger Games.
The kids and I have been fighting over our set of the Hunger Games. Logan’s reading it for Accelerated Reading points so he gets it first. Whitney reads it the second he puts it down (which is for anything other than reading). I read it when the kids go to bed – me and KAW sleep-deprived over a YA novel.
The kids and I Fandango’d our tix and will be hitting the movie Saturday night while Daddy’s out of town. Yep, that’s how I party when Hubby’s away…
I polished them all off in a weekend… sleep-deprived here too! In keeping with that theme, some friends and I were at the midnight show with all the squealy teenagers (And don’t even get me started on the girls! LOL)
The movie was FAB.
One book for the family. That’s great.
It’s time for Slim to become a man. It’s kind of poetic to give the kids that kind of freedom so you can see a movie about kids who have to grow up fast. btw, sad to see you and Ron Burgundy go in the MMM2.
Slim made his first solo batch of mac ‘n cheese last week, so I he can probably handle anything now.
It has been awhile. I’ve been thinking lately that I should check to see if I’d been mysteriously unsubscribed.
Have fun storming the castle . . or what have you. (I have not downloaded the books.)
How did you know it’s a book about castle stormin’?
I pretty much roll on the theory that there’s a Princess Bride quote to fit any occasion and the preview of the movie led me to think it was historical fiction, based on something to do with Versailles.
I thought, “Hmm..maybe I should give it a try — there’s probably cake involved!”
I have never denied that I am clueless when it comes to popular fiction.
I was thinking, “Okay. I know my math sucks, but 12?”
I went to the midnight showing with my almost 13 and 15-year-old last night; we’d done the 12:00 AM thing twice before for the last two Harry Potters and I wanted one final hurrah with them before they decide I’m not cool enough to sit with them.
For the record, I’m already not cool enough but they were polite and avoided telling me the obvious.
I’m super groggy now (I’m not 12-years-old anymore, after all) but it was worth it for the memory. Watching them watch the movie was priceless.
Even if it was hard to see past the woman in the pink Effie wig sitting in front of us…
That’s nice they let you sit with them. Fun to see their reactions, I bet.
Again with the cornucopia! I’m going to have to look into this horn of plenty thing further.
Good luck to Slim!
The cornucopia is pretty much smack-you-upside-the-head symbolism in HG.
Hi Chase! I took my 14-yr-old daughter out of school to see the first showing on Friday. It was awesome, but it left me wondering why we think a movie about a society using children as pit bulls would be awesome. Hope you and your wife enjoy it.
I agree, Piper, the fascination with HG is kind of strange. People seem to be attracted to things that are disturbing, though, and the premise is about as disturbing as it gets.
When I was teaching, I read the books because almost all of my middle school students were reading them. I was impressed with how they handled the material. It wasn’t, “Cool. Kids killing kids!” They were genuinely upset by it. We had some great discussions. And they were reading, which was the important part.
I have been hounded daily since the movie release to take Princess and Speedy. Looks like Doc gets to stay home with the little dudes! I try to fool him into thinking he’s getting the better deal, but he never buys into it.
Doc’s wise. He knows.
So happy to see a post from you! I hope you enjoyed the movie! I can’t wait to see it.
Is Slim available for petsitting as well?
I laugh out loud and every. single. one. of your posts. It probably has something to do with the fact that most days, I resemble your impersonation of KAW in your videos. As always, well done.
I’m waiting to go see it. We have to find a babysitter first though. Apparently you can’t leave a 4yo in charge of a 2yo these days.
This blog is really funny. Just stumbled on it this weekend.