Transformers III

Arial let me sneak out to see the late showing of Transformers 3.

It's been getting pretty bad reviews but I loved it.

It had Transformers fighting other Transformers; People fighting Transformers; Transformers transforming.

There were even scenes where there weren't Transformers, if you are into that sort of thing.

I had to see it in 3D since that was the latest show and I'm kinda glad I did. There were a couple spots where it was incredible but for most of the film, I didn't really care.

Where the 3D did help was during fight scenes. In previous movies, sometimes robots blended into one another during fights making it hard to tell what was going on. But the depth really helped sort out where each robot was. I never felt confused.

The only thing that took me out of the movie was the crazy amount of product placement. It was more than just noticing new guns that attach to Autobots for the express purpose of selling new toys. There were product shots everywhere.

For a little bit, I thought one of the companies in the movie was Lenovo. It wasn't until I saw another Lenovo computer somewhere else that it dawned on me that that was strange.

All in all, I had a great time. I'm glad I didn't take the kids though (it was pretty brutal).

mwz

T-Ball

Frances and Johann are getting so much better at T-ball.

At last nights game, they both hit the ball without using the T.

Johann showed a lot of guts. During his first at bat, he tripped on the plate on his way to first base. His knee got skinned up pretty good. But Johann got right up and ran to first. It wasn't until he got back in the dugout did anyone notice that he was bleeding.

Arial got him a big band-aid and he played the rest of the game (albeit with a slight limp).

I was very proud.

mwz

Walking

So, Gwen took her first steps not too long ago and now she has started toddling all over the place. Crawling is still her long distance travel method but for short journeys it's walking all the way.

mwz