Prince Caspian (from Saturday, July 5)

Several years ago, we read the Chronicles of Narnia series to the boys. On the way out here, we listened to the series on cd. So, it was only natural that Gable wanted to see Prince Caspian for his birthday. Today, Grandma took the three boys and me to Hollywood Cinema to see this epic tale.
We were glued to the screen the entire time. It was truly amazing – the scenery, the child actors, the fight scenes. Amazing. Gable drank too much and had to go to the bathroom several times and each time, he was so mad at his body for making him miss precious seconds of the movie.
There was an early scene that I can't get out of my mind. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are all in the train station being summoned to Narnia. The station is falling to bits around them, there is total pandemonium, everyone is screaming and panicking, and Peter shouts something about 'quick, everyone hold hands'. In the midst of the chaos, Edmund's only line is, “I'm not holding your hand”. It goes so fast that I'm sure most people miss it. It's the mom in me that caught it and found it absolutely hysterical. I mean, the world is falling in rubble all around them and the one thought on a boy's mind is that he's not holding hands with his brother. I liked that.
There is a professor in the movie that was Prince's Caspian's professor. I always want to call him Dumbledore, but that is obviously wrong. Anyway, the professor had these funny glasses without arms. They were simply eyeglasses, but instead of the nosepads that we see on glasses today, they had these huge triangular wire pieces that dug into the professor's nose to hold the glasses in place. Jack, who is prone to nose bleeds and who knows exactly where to squeeze his nose during bleeds, leaned over during the movie and said, “Those glasses are made to fix nosebleeds”.
We all loved it. I think I only teared up 23 times. Grandma even loved it and she never goes to movies. I wanted to stand up and cheer at several points. If Jon were there, he would have. He's like that in a movie. He cheers and laughs really, really loudly. It used to embarrass me when we were dating. Who am I kidding, sometimes it still does, but I love it when he laughs.
I don't miss home yet, but I do miss my pets like crazy. I hope they're okay, but daggone it, I just miss having hair in/on everything.
We are off to the mountains to camp tomorrow after visiting Jon's parent's church. We will be on the southwest corner of Pike's Peak in Mueller State Park. Bear country.