the greatest thing you'll ever learn is
just to love and be loved in return.
just to love and be loved in return.
- toulouse-lautrec, moulin rouge
oh how we enjoyed this fantastical, over-the-top,
slightly irreverent musical friday night!
i rushed home after work last friday to find christopher
setting up audio and the big screen. i helped with the last step -
lowering the poles into the shaft which we have staked and left into
the ground to make set up easy. then, i made sure my audio/technical guy
fill a plate of whatever he wanted to eat before us ladies dug in.
the girls gathered in the kitchen to mingle and
stuff ourselves with yummy food and drink.
just one glass of wine for me as i had a big run the next am.
at 8pm we grabbed blankets and headed outdoors to watch the movie.
{the little guys were having their own movie night watching this}
we swooned over ewan mcgregor's character, christian,
the penniless poet/writer who falls for a cabaret performer satine,
played by nicole kidman.
here's a secret, if you enjoy the music, the soundtrack
is even better. it contains the complete score in all it's glory.
{i've been listening to it for past 3 days}
the little guys can't get over that ewan mcgregor,
only known to them as obi-wan from star wars, can SING.
he's a talented man.
i almost had some unexpected guests.
as a courtesy, i always inform our neighbors of any parties/movies nights.
somehow i had forgotten to inform our sweet mormon neighbors next door,
so i sent finn over to let them know mom was having a movie
night and that it would be over by 10pm.
finn returned announcing "dave and doris probably can't come
because they have some stuff going on". what???
apparently, i wasn't clear enough with my instructions.
{he wasn't supposed to INVITE them}
i was glad to hear they were busy. whew!
i don't think they'd have been fans of the movie.
it was a really enjoyable night.
i kept thinking how much my sister leslie would have loved it.
someday i hope we live closer and can enjoy theater and plays together.
i should get to bed as i have a long and active day ahead of me.
tomorrow i'm taking off work to drive and help chaperone finn's
4th grade class. we're heading to the san diego safari park all day!
the volunteers are almost always the stay at home moms,
{they do so so much...i am truly grateful},
but every year i make sure a take a day and volunteer for one outing
with each of the boys' classes.
it's not always easy,
but it's so important to me.
when i overheard finn tell scout that the first field trip
i went on with him was to the butterfly farm when he was in kinder.
i realized then, it's pretty important to the boys too.
they DO remember....
oh how we enjoyed this fantastical, over-the-top,
slightly irreverent musical friday night!
i rushed home after work last friday to find christopher
setting up audio and the big screen. i helped with the last step -
lowering the poles into the shaft which we have staked and left into
the ground to make set up easy. then, i made sure my audio/technical guy
fill a plate of whatever he wanted to eat before us ladies dug in.
the girls gathered in the kitchen to mingle and
stuff ourselves with yummy food and drink.
just one glass of wine for me as i had a big run the next am.
at 8pm we grabbed blankets and headed outdoors to watch the movie.
{the little guys were having their own movie night watching this}
we swooned over ewan mcgregor's character, christian,
the penniless poet/writer who falls for a cabaret performer satine,
played by nicole kidman.
here's a secret, if you enjoy the music, the soundtrack
is even better. it contains the complete score in all it's glory.
{i've been listening to it for past 3 days}
the little guys can't get over that ewan mcgregor,
only known to them as obi-wan from star wars, can SING.
he's a talented man.
i almost had some unexpected guests.
as a courtesy, i always inform our neighbors of any parties/movies nights.
somehow i had forgotten to inform our sweet mormon neighbors next door,
so i sent finn over to let them know mom was having a movie
night and that it would be over by 10pm.
finn returned announcing "dave and doris probably can't come
because they have some stuff going on". what???
apparently, i wasn't clear enough with my instructions.
{he wasn't supposed to INVITE them}
i was glad to hear they were busy. whew!
i don't think they'd have been fans of the movie.
it was a really enjoyable night.
i kept thinking how much my sister leslie would have loved it.
someday i hope we live closer and can enjoy theater and plays together.
i should get to bed as i have a long and active day ahead of me.
tomorrow i'm taking off work to drive and help chaperone finn's
4th grade class. we're heading to the san diego safari park all day!
the volunteers are almost always the stay at home moms,
{they do so so much...i am truly grateful},
but every year i make sure a take a day and volunteer for one outing
with each of the boys' classes.
it's not always easy,
but it's so important to me.
when i overheard finn tell scout that the first field trip
i went on with him was to the butterfly farm when he was in kinder.
i realized then, it's pretty important to the boys too.
they DO remember....
