Today, I finally took Zach to Wall-E. I promised to take him months ago when we saw a preview for it the last time we were at the theatre. He has been eagerly anticipating seeing it and has perfected an impersonation of Wall-E’s voice. I feel kind of bad for making him wait but my schedule has been chaos.
Wall-E was a really cute movie. I enjoyed the way the animators allowed the characters to communicate without speaking. I loved pretty much everything about Wall-E’s personality, from his packrat habits, to his cute shyness around Eve. Nevertheless, the little robot hasn’t managed to bump the Incredibles from the spot of Best Pixar Movie (at least in my opinion). I found the environmentalist preachiness a bit annoying.
This afternoon, the whole family went to the Bellevue Art Museum. The Seattle Times sponsored a special kids day so there were all sorts of crafts and activities for Zach and Madeline. The rest of us wandered the galleries looking at artwork that was with a few exceptions strange and incomprehensible (at least to my unsophisticated eyes). My favorite was some exquisite, fragile glass sculptures.
Like most excursions with my sisters, this one ended up at the mall. This time the one at Bellevue Square. There was a really sweet calypso band playing out front and Emily and I stopped for a few minutes to watch. I exchanged one of the pairs of jeans I bought yesterday at Southcenter. Arita bought a lollipop at Victoria’s Secret because she had a coupon for a free makeup case with the purchase of any pink item (Who comes up with these gimmicks?). We also stopped in at the Godiva’s where Emily works so that she could get her new work schedule and be embarrassed by her large family in front of all her co-workers.
I must say I am all malled out for a while. I will be glad to avoid another shopping trip for at least a few weeks.
