Here's what I don't understand, how can kids sit and watch the same movie over and over again?  I know I did it when I was young but now I'll watch a movie and then maybe a couple of months later I will watch it again. Kids on the other hand will watch a movie and then 10 minutes after it ends they want to watch it again.  This is why I have seen Alvin and the Chipmunks about 20 times in the last two weeks.   It's not a bad movie at all but when I start quoting the movie right along side the movie then there is a problem.  I must say the computer animation on the movie was done quite well, so that helps to watch it over and over and over and so on.  

So today, what a day.  The kids were funny and great like normal and then I had to goto work.  It's not that I don't like my work it's just on Fridays it is incredibly slow. It's not good when it is slow because the night seems to drag a bit when that happens.  Although I did get through the night and made it home in one piece.  I sit here blogging about really nothing at all. I get to go out again with shannon tomorrow because we got a baby sitter.  That will be twice in one week. Will be so nice to be able to do that. 

I saw the most recent chapter of the Indiana Jones movies and although it was good I didn't quite understand the direction that it went.  I was enjoyable though.  

I love photo booth on my Mac. It's fun. My girls think that it is the greatest thing that they can do.  They will scurry over to the computer to take pictures on the computer and then change the effects and then take some more.  My oldest will get up were the computer is and pull up the program and then spend 10 to 20 minutes taking picture.  She likes to make funny faces and move really fast so the picture is a little blurred.  She is so creative.  My second just likes being goofy and funny on the picture.  My youngest is still too little to know what the computer is.  He is only 11 months.   Kids are great..

Shopping with three kids

Grocery shopping with three kids is not as easy as it looks.  I went grocery shopping at Target with all the kids today. Although they were good.  It is not the easiest to keep track of a three and a half year old along with a two year old.  My third child rode in the cart so he was easy to keep track of because he was staring at me the whole time.  He would look at me to say "My sisters don't know what they are missing all I have to do is sit and smile and make cute little sounds while they walk."  Little does he know the joys of walking. When he does though he will never look back.  The oldest started to play red light green light through out the store. At one point I had to yell RED LIGHT just to find them.  They were in the shoe section. I guess my girls are going to love shoes.  Lucky me.  Of course I'm kidding about not knowing where they were.  They were always with in sight and a brisk three step grab from me.  But they did want to look at the shoes when we went by the shoe section as we were on a trek to the electronics section. I'm on the hunt for Mario Cart for the Wii.  My hopes were dashed when I had arrived to find that they didn't have the game.   Although Meckenzie my oldest did find a flash light that looked like a pig that she liked.  She told me how special it was to her and how she really needed it and said Please Daddy it's so special to me.  How could I resist such persuasion.  We added it to the cart along with some bouncy balls and bath time fish for the other kids. I have learned that if you do one thing for a child then there needs to be some thing else that needs to be done for the others.  It's almost a law.  I think it's going to pass if Obama gets in the White House right along with his universal health care plan.  Over all we made it out with happy kids and no one got lost in the store, I'm going to say that it was a success.  

What to do about Mickey Mouse's type "A" personality

Have you ever noticed how bossy and almost arrogant that mickey mouse has become?  My kids love to watch Mickey Moue Clubhouse on the Disney Channel and that little mouse seems to always to be telling his friends what to do.  I wonder if Walt wanted Mickey to be such a type "A" personality.   I would think that Donald Duck would stage a revolt against Mickey.  One has to think that he would be able to get enough people to start the revolt. He should at least be able to get Pete that big cat that is always charging them to get into the park and such.  Then there is Goofy that dog is totally a follower  Donald would just need to tell him that he needs his help and Goofy would be all over it because he just wants to follow a leader.  Mini Mouse would totally like it if Donald would liberate her from Mickey's Type "A".  There needs to be something done.  I bet Mickey is like the Dictator of the disney cartoons.  There could be a spin off show that is called Donald's secret mission and it could be about Donald Duck trying to take over the Mickey's club house. I would totally be part of Donald's posse.   

The Starting Point

My thoughts today are these.  I wish I didn't have to go to work.  Although I took off Wednesday so the blow of starting a new work week has been deflated a bit.  That just means that I just need to endure two days of work and then have a day off and then work two days again.  I'm should I'm not the only one that has counted the days like that.  

I work at Verizon Wireless and wont get home until probably 1 am because I will go to the gym after work.  I tough working so late but it's what I need to do so my kids are not in day care.  I have this odd goal of running a marathon.  I'm taking the training a bit slower so I can make sure that I will be ready to run it and not die.  I don't mind if I am a little dead after the race so I can walk maybe the day after.  We'll see what happens. 

I'm coming off my third Father's day of my life as a father and it was great.  Anytime that I get to spend time with my kids and wife for the entire day and get gifts is alright by me. I'm lucky to have them.  Although that is probably the most machismo thing to say it's the truth and I think that if you ask any man that has a family they will say the same thing.