Invastion of THE TWINS!

What a weekend! Saturday evening we met Amanda, Shawn, and the twins at Vietnam Kitchen where those two little girls gobbled down sizzling rice soup and turnip cakes. Also, between those two and me, we drank about 3 pots of tea. Mistake! That meant spin cycle energy the rest of the night.

Iroquois Amphitheater had a free showing of Hotel For Dogs so off we went: Jerry, Amanda, Libby, Ellie, and me. Amanda, thank goodness, brought insect repellent. Pre-show, a guy asked trivia questions and whoever in the audience got the correct answer received a bag of free popcorn. One of the twins was called on, got the answer, and was ecstatic she'd WON FREE POPCORN!! The movie was cute -- what I saw of it. I spent much of the evening standing in line for the popcorn and standing outside the restroom door waiting...the tea took its effect on the girls.

After the movie, Amanda came over and the four of us played Monopoly in the kitchen while Jerry tried to watch TV in the next room. To speed things up, I traded some of my property to Amanda to make hers stronger. Libby and Ellie came muttering, "Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it..." then screamed like they were tortured when I made the exchange. We finally just stopped around 1:30-2:00 and the game wasn't even finished. It was exactly 2:22 when I dropped into bed, exhausted.

Since we'd sprayed the twins with repellent, they had to bathe before getting into bed. Neither wanted to shower; both wanted to use the tub. So, they argued about who was going first, who got the tub. Then I suggested the one in the shower use my shower cap since they didn't want to wash their hair. SHOWER CAP??? You have a shower cap?? Suddenly, the BOTH wanted to shower instead of taking a bath. So, I dug around and found another cap and they both very willingly took a shower then. It's funny how such a small thing can make such a big difference.

When we drove them back to Bardstown, we went to Neal's church for a wonderful fish fry dinner. Home that evening sure was quiet; I missed them.