Weekend

I dashed around Target like a mad woman Saturday morning in search of those plastic swim pants that kids are required to wear over swim diapers at all the public pools because I thought Leila's first "perch" swim class at the Y was at 11:30 that day. I never found the darn things, but it was OK because her class starts NEXT Saturday. Yeah, the card they gave me when we signed her up last week says session starts June 30, but I was convinced they'd made a mistake because the catalog said June 23 and when I called to confirm the start date the woman from Aquatics verified June 23 - this Saturday. Anyway...My mistake, but I never want to disappoint our little smurf like that again (and yes, I know that I will, many many times over as she ages!) The look on her little face as she stood holding her daddy's hand in her new bathing suit and terry cover up while asking "what did the lady told you mamma?" just broke my heart. Luckily my brother lives 1/2 a mile or less from us and I knew they were around this weekend so I called and woke them up at 11:20 (ahhh..the good old days of sleep) and begged to bring her to their pool. Leila's disappointment at not having class seems to have subsided and it was much nicer to be outdoors in the sun with a gentle breeze than indoors at the Y with a bunch of toddlers in their leaky swim diapers. Will report on that lesson next week!


So Leila actually ended up seeing Pepe (aka Carter) and Dani more this weekend than she probably does in any other given month because they've been begging to babysit and we had planned to bring her over Sunday afternoon and go see a movie before we barged into their lazy Saturday morning. We stuck to that plan and went to see Knocked Up. Sheesh - an afternoon at the movies has gotten expensive! I'll spare the "when I was young, a movie cost $3.50" talk, but $15 for a medium popcorn, medium coke and wimpy hotdog?! My fingers are still swollen from popcorn salt, but the movie was great! Yes, it's crude and I will never think of pinkeye the same and the birth scene is beyond graphic if anyone's squeamish about such things, but it is also very....sweet! Yes, sweet. I can't remember another movie in which I've found every single character to be so endearing and Paul Rudd has never been so hot. Not even in Cluless. The world needs more films like this that guys and girls can equally appreciate. I thought Cesar was not loving it becuase he was not laughing nearly so much as I, but as he walked out, he said "that was pretty good", which is a ringing endorsement from him. Keep writing Judd Apatow! My favorite minor moments in the film have to be Ryan Seacrest's hissy fit - because you just know he's got to be prone to hissy fits in real life - and Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd watching Cirque de Soleil out of their minds on shrooms. Fun stuff.


And one last movie note. I finally watched Pan's Labirynth on DVD this weekend. That is a most excellent film. Heartbreaking and inspiring all at once. Reminds the viewer what a great power the imagination is and reminds me that it is now my job to cultivate a healthy imagination in Leila.