With my grandson, I watched the commercials for the new Ben Stiller movie, "Night at the Museum." It looked good, I bought it when it came out on DVD, and we have watched it a trillion times! (Dumdum, I want gumgum!!) Anyway, Noel and I went to Best Buys to scout out new cameras (more about that later this week). There was a life-size poster display advertising the movie/DVD. When Noel saw it, he said, "Grammy, we've
got to go to the museum! My first thoughts were h-m-m, it's four hours to Chicago, 2 hours to Detroit, we only have an hour and one-half, how are we going to do it?! Then I remembered the MSU Museum. Not sure if it was even open, we adventured on campus the day of MSU spring graduation. The Museum was open, free and with very few visitors. I don't know which of us had a better time. I was stunned at the impact the movie had on him that neither his parents nor I picked up at home. In each room we visited, he would hold up his hand and say, "Stop, Grammy. Be careful of the animals. " In the rooms with the big dinosaur and tiger exhibits, we skirted past the doorway--because he was afraid that they would walk. So, was the amusement of the video overshadowed by a new fear that all of these museum animals and people could come to life?
Beth and I were sad today as we visited our friend, Judy Lay, at Ingham Regional Medical Center. Judy went into the ER with chest pain and had a cardiac cath on Monday. Since then, she's had several bypass procedures, is on life support and dialysis. Judy was Beth's care-giver from age 1 through 6. In most recent years, she has been a support to Beth in questions about day care centers and child development. Judy and John's three daughters, Trina, Dawn and Vickie were there when we went to show support for John. They have grown into very beautiful. strong women with ten children among them!
With my grandson, I watched the commercials for the new Ben Stiller movie, "Night at the Museum." It looked good, I bought it when it came out on DVD, and we have watched it a trillion times! (Dumdum, I want gumgum!!) Anyway, Noel and I went to Best Buys to scout out new cameras (more about that later this week). There was a life-size poster display advertising the movie/DVD. When Noel saw it, he said, "Grammy, we've got to go to the museum! My first thoughts were h-m-m, it's four hours to Chicago, 2 hours to Detroit, we only have an hour and one-half, how are we going to do it?! Then I remembered the MSU Museum. Not sure if it was even open, we adventured on campus the day of MSU spring graduation. The Museum was open, free and with very few visitors. I don't know which of us had a better time. I was stunned at the impact the movie had on him that neither his parents nor I picked up at home. In each room we visited, he would hold up his hand and say, "Stop, Grammy. Be careful of the animals. " In the rooms with the big dinosaur and tiger exhibits, we skirted past the doorway--because he was afraid that they would walk. So, was the amusement of the video overshadowed by a new fear that all of these museum animals and people could come to life?
The updates on my blog site came to an abrupt halt on January 23, 2007. That is the day, with directions from my sister Dorrie, that I signed on to Pogo.com! It started out innocently with "Poppit." Then it was "Lottso." Then "Hollywood Slots." Through it all, Noel has learned to play "Poppit" very well, using the mouse and right & left clicks. When I realized this morning that it's been almost four months, I decided to get a grip! My previous goal was to blog every day. My revised goal is to add a blog every week---or more often!
