The movie we ALMOST saw...

So yesterday was our five year anniversary (pause for polite applause, curtsies, and bows). So our good friend very graciously agreed to watch the boy for us so that the hubs and I could enjoy a night out on the town. Like, just the two of us.

Whoa.

We were pretty excited about the prospects.

We looked like this:

What should we do with ourselves??!!

After much hand wringing and deliberation, we settled on dinner at Dicky Jo's (a fantastic choice - have you had their milkshakes???) and a showing of the most awaited, the most epic, the most anticipated movie of MY ENTIRE LIFE...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2!!!!! (I can't put enough exclamation points behind that title).

Seriously. Excited.

So, you might be asking, if I'm such a huge fan of Harry, why did I wait a whole week after it came out to go and see it?

Excellent question.

Here's the answer.

Because I am learning that with a five month old, you don't always get what you want. (I mean you, as in, the parent. The five month old usually gets what he wants.)

So.

We went to Dicky Joe's, and we ate this:

It was wonderful!

I am a big fan of kid's meals - perfect portion sizes!

After walking around a nearby park for a few minutes to burn off a bite or two of the food we'd just enjoyed, we went to the mall to buy our tickets for the movie that I knew I was destined to love above all movies forever and always!

Oh, here we are at the park:

I was prepared to be enthralled with characters I've loved for years.

To be awed by the special effects.

To be annoyed at how the movie was different than the book.

To be thrilled at how my favorite character, Severus Snape, wraps up his plot line.

To be impressed by how they depicted the scene with Dumbledore at the end.

To be super sad that the series of movies was, at last, over.

To eat the Sour Patch Kids I had shoved in my purse.

But.

Our friend called us home. The boy needed us.

The movie watching would have to wait.

So this turned out to be, on our fifth anniversary, another learning experience of putting someone else's needs above our own. For the past five years, Aaron and I have been working to serve, honor, and love each other. Now we have a wee one to practice on.

So. Until we meet again, Harry - don't go out of the theaters just yet.

Yeah right. Like that's going to happen.