Both boys finished the year with good report cards. The previous statement was just a statement of fact. Demi and I decided that the family needed to celebrate that fact. A celebration would serve as acknowledgement of their achievement. That acknowledgement will hopefully serve as positive reinforcement of good behavior. Listen to the guy dabbling in psychology, will ya? One semester of Sociology.
I mean the celebration wasn't a pagan feast and all nighter. We took the kids to the Charlie Horse for their favorite clam chowder and play arcade video games. A daily double. The Charlie Horse clam chowder is the standard that all other chowders are measured by. The games are suspect. Some of them don't work. But the boys were happy. In another life lesson, the boys fought us tooth and nail on ordering potato skins. You know how many Demi and I got? One potato skin each. Mark that in the "don't knock it, until you have tried it" category.
As a surprise, after dinner, we took the boys to the movies. Their first non-matinee show. The boys were thrilled. They got to choose between The Hulk and Journey to the Center of the Earth. We saw the latter. And though the boys were tired and the movie was a bit of slow starter for them, they had a great time and loved the movie.
It was truly a spectacular family night out.
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