I saw a movie in an actual theater this weekend. It was the first time I’ve sat in a theater with a bag of overpriced popcorn since Saylor was born six months ago. Movie? Curious George.

This comes from someone who used to make it a mission to see all the Oscar contenders (movie and actor nominations) before the telecast. Now it’s Blockbuster rentals and I’m probably the only person in the country getting charged late fees there. Yep, I still can’t manage to see some of these movies in a month! Or it takes me a month to watch one because I fall asleep after about 15 minutes.

I vowed before Saylor was born that I would still spend some one-on-one time with Summer. It’s been harder than I thought it would be. Some weekends are filled with errands and I’m a working mom wrecked with guilt about leaving even one of them behind. Our Sunday movie outing was just the two of us and it reminded me how important it is for big sister to get some individual attention. Just before the movie ended Summer crawled in my lap and said “I love you, mom.” Guess I’ll be paying that late fee on “Brokeback Mountain.”