Twilight at Midnight!!!

So...as I mentioned yesterday...I went to the midnight showing of Twilight last night! Adrienne and I headed over to the theater around 3:00.

Here we are at the end of the line...which was already wrapped around the movie theater, next to the trash dumpsters, by the man begging us for money, with ALL of our kids! At 3:30 we were numbers 156 and 157 in line...and 1800 tickets had been sold. The theater was going to be showing the movie at 12:01 in all 14 theaters!

So our plan was that I would stay in line while Adrienne took all of the kids to see HSM3, and then we had people coming to pick up the kids after that. We had someone save our place in line while I helped her get the kids all situated in the theater. While we were going in, we started talking to our favorite Krikorian employee, and he introduced us to his friend Carlos, who was also waiting in line for the movie. Turns out, Carlos had been there since 7 a.m. and was in the third group of people in line...like in the front of the theater...still on the main entrance sidewalk! Well...let's just say that at 4:30, we were numbers 20 and 21 in line!

So, I hung out in line, with quite the professional midnight movie going crowd (they had card tables, games, etc) making lots of new friends! Paula got there around 5. One of the people we were hanging out with was the big brother of one of her students...NO...we did not feel old...and NO we weren't the oldest ones there...just in case you were wondering!
Adrienne got out of the movie...and we had to pose in our BITE ME t-shirts for one last time! Jessica arrived around 8 with YUMMY burritos from Rosies! Paula and I made a Hot Chocolate/Coffee Run around 9...we had a great time just hanging out! Thank goodness it was a warm night in November...I can't imagine all of the people waiting around the country in the snow!
At 10 they let us into the theater! We chose number 14...we were informed by the people we were in line with that the double digit theaters are the bigger ones...who knew! We had AWESOME seats...and again...NO we weren't the oldest ones in the room! Around 11 Jessica and I needed to wake up a little bit...so we roamed through the entire movie theater, checking out all of the different theaters, just to see how crowded it was...it was pretty packed...and there were still kids coming!

This picture was taken in the dark, just before the previews...the flash was very bright! Adrienne has a pic of all 4 of us on her camera...as soon as I have that...I'll add it in!

FINALLY...at 12:01 they started the previews! And after TONS of those they started the movie!!! Yes, this picture was taken of the screen...no I wasn't the only dork taking a picture of it! (Adrienne did too!)

So...to my opinion of the movie. Honestly, I HATED IT! As a true fan of the book, who has read it more times than anyone needs to know, it didn't even come near to doing the amazing love story that it is justice. Now, mind you, I do realize that the movie is never as good as the book, and I really didn't have very high expectations of the film going into it...but I had hoped to be pleasantly surprised...not completely disappointed...like I was!

I thought there was NO character/story development. It seemed very choppy, and I honestly don't know if a person who hasn't read the book would even get what was going on. Nothing was ever explained and Jasper was killing me! As my friend pointed out, he reminded me of a bad Edward Scissorhands! Emmett on the other hand, he was pretty ok! I liked Charlie and the Edward was even ok. Other than that...UGGG!!!

Now there were some good scenes. I didn't hate everything about it...that was just my over all impression. I am planning on seeing it again just to make sure I hated it as much as I think I did, and to make sure the idiot boys I was sitting next to (that I actually did have to tell to SHUT UP half way through the film) weren't the entire cause of my not liking it. Of course, I will buy it because it is Twilight...but I won't rush out to see the next one at Midnight!

I had a great time hanging with Adrienne, Paula and Jessica! That made the night...so thanks for the crazy girls night out!!!

In Case You Were Wondering...

When the countdown hits ZERO...Adrienne and I will be there! We're going to the midnight showing!

A Saturday Without Soccer

Soccer season ended last week...

Rylie...about to do something great, I'm sure! She scored her first and only goal of the season in our last game!!!
Mason played goalie, stopper, and defender for the Strikers this season.
Parker played just about every position for the Flamin' Cheetos. He loved playing in the Under 8 division this year...much more of a challenge than last year!
Mason with Coach Andy at the end of the season soccer party. Wouldn't you know it...there was a girls U-10 team named the Strikers...and the league gave us their medals!

In U-8 and U-6, all of the teams get trophies. Here is Parker at his last pizza party!

Rylie with her first soccer trophy!

So...with no soccer today, I'm sure you all think I finally got to sit around and watch college football all day...right...WRONG!!!

Here is what I got to do:

A bunch of the parents in Parker's first grade class went over to the school for about 4 hours this morning and transformed the classroom into a Wampanoag Village! It was so fun! Here I am working on the Wetu!

Rylie even got in on the action!

Here I am with my room mom partner in crime, Susie! She is the best! Like the village behind us...it turned out so cool!

Parker Lost His Tooth!

Wednesday Night was an exciting night at our house...Parker finally lost a tooth! He got a caramel apple at Mason's soccer practice. He was eating it in the car when he said, "my tooth just fell out!" We were all so excited!

He immediately stopped eating his apple because he didn't want his other loose tooth to fall out...because "then he wouldn't have any more front teeth"!
So...here he is...FINALLY with a hole in his smile!

Halloween!!!

Here's a little recap of our Halloween Festivities!

The day started off with Shane making the kids orange scrambled eggs...he's so creative! Check out Rylie's scary face!!!

Heaven forbid the kids wear costumes to school here...LAME...I know!...so Rylie had silly hair day and the boys went to school in their PJ's!

It was fall craft day in Parker's class...so I got to hang out with him all morning...it was so fun!

Rylie's best friend Lauren came over to trick or treat before her brother's football game! Ry and Lo are "my girls"!

One scary family! Shane surprised me and came home with costumes for us...so we got in on the action this year!

We had the Woods and the Jordan's over for our Halloween Buffet and trick or treating. Unfortunately, the Jordan's had to take off before we pulled out the camera...and the Guitar Hero! (Mariah was the cutest Pebbles EVER!) So...here I am kicking Greg's butt! (It was his first time...so I took advantage of that fact!)

This is Shealyn, Greg and Karolin's oldest. She was the cutest Supergirl I've ever seen!

This is Jaden...Greg and Karolin's baby...isn't he the cutest EVER!!! I absolutely love this kid and love that I'm his "Aunt Kristen"!

Me and Mason...after a very long night!!! Karolin and I had a great time watching all the kids take Greg on in Guitar Hero...he was the celebrity of the house!
Rylie, Jaden, and Andrea...just before the sugar high hit!

We had a great Halloween! Notice...I put way more pictures of myself up than I usually do...I figure that it's ok on the scariest day of the year!!!

Carving the Pumpkins!

Pumpkin carving is a pretty big deal over at the Bloomfield house! This year was no exception! It started with going on line to figure out what Rylie and Parker wanted their pumpkins to be (Mason is always an original!). Rylie decided to do a cat and Parker decided to do Spongebob! Getting ready to create a masterpiece!

This year Rylie even punched her own holes...she did a great job!
Mason started with the top...he wanted to get all of the "guts" out so I could roast the seeds! (The kids love them with lots of salt!)
Spongebob was quite the challenge!
For the first time EVER, I even got in on all the carving! (I'm usually busy with the seeds, the video camera, and the regular camera!)

Yes...the drill is out...very serious business over here!
Ry and I took a break from cleaning out the "nasty guts"...according to Rylie!
Here's Rylie's cat!

Parker and Spongebob!
Mason did this freehand...he is so good at creating his pumpkin faces!Happy Halloween!!!

Crashin' the Carnival!

Friday night was the Fall Carnival at Valley Elementary...the kids old school. We decided that since the new school didn't have a carnival this year, that we would "crash" this one...and hopefully see some friends in the process! The fun thing about this carnival is that the kids get to dress up in their Halloween costumes! (They aren't allowed to at school...so sad!) So...Rylie is dressed up as Fancy Nancy (from the books), Parker is Harry Potter, and Mason is Peter (from Narnia). I was excited about going because this is the first time I've actually been able to enjoy it! All of the years we were at Valley, I was running the Silent Auction...so I was working while the rest of the family was playing!

Here's Rylie in her "Fancy" Pose!

The first people we saw when we got there were the Marshalls! Aren't Rylie and Sam cute!!!

Here are the boys with Carter...aka John Elway!
Rylie also found her friend Tiffany!

Here's Parker with his best buddy from kindergarten, Devin! They are sad not to be at the same school anymore!
The highlight of the night was when Rylie won the trophy for "cutest costume"! All she could say was, "this is my first trophy...I'm so excited"! In true "Fancy Nancy" form, she took a tumble (that's a fancy word for "fall") from the top of the steps during the costume contest. Her shoes, earrings, glasses, and purse went flying all over the place. She landed face first...but was ok. There was a dad there gathering all of her accessories up...it was so nice of him! She was a trooper...and the trophy made it worth all of the bumps and bruises! We had a great time!