"Church Music and Jackson"

Sidney is obsessed with the Black History Month special of A.N.T. Farm on the Disney Channel. For the uninitiated, it's a show about a few super smart kids at a special program for high school kids.  On the particular episode that Sidney likes, one of the characters, Chyna, falls asleep and dreams that she's Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin and Janet Jackson.  Chyna as Aretha Franklin sings in her father's church, that's the "church music" portion of the episode. Then she dreams she's Janet Jackson crashing the Thriller video.  The actor who portrays her dad on the show (when she's not dreaming) is dressed up as Michael Jackson in a red leather suit.  The actor's imitation of Michael Jackson is rather hilarious and Cleo and Sidney imitate him really well.  I laugh dozens of times in this episode and the music is really good. Sidney calls the episode "Church Music and Jackson," thus the title of this blog entry.  Below is Sidney in what he calls, "Church Music."  I think it's his take on Aretha Franklin's minister father's robe in that segment of the show.

Here's a picture of  the Wynns & Beltons on February 3 as Kaelin, Linda and Robin were about to hit the road for Jacksonville.

This weekend, Roger and I attended our friend Kevin's surprise birthday party at Il Localino, a cute Italian restaurant near our favorite restaurant in Atlanta, Wisteria Restaurant.  The food was very good. I had an X-rated martini which had grapefruit juice, vodka and some other fruity stuff. It was good.  Here I am with Craig Glee, Nikki's husband and dad to Cole, Myles & Sydney (the latter 2 are twins).  The restaurant had lots of hats for us all to wear.

Here is Roger with Derrick Bell, Kim's husband and Kennedy's dad.

Saturday morning, Roger took Cleo to her acting class. I went shopping with Sidney at Target, Ross, TJ Maxx, and Marshall's. I was looking for a yoga mat for Roger at the latter 3 stores. I was comparison shopping  bit so I went into Ross and Marshall's two times.  Sidney realized we were making repeat visits to some of the stores and as we went in he'd say, "not again!"  I found a nice yoga mat for Roger at Marshall's for $10. The same one was $12.99 at TJ Maxx.  I was also looking for 8 pound weights for me but was unable to find them. They're $11 each at Target but I don't want to spend that much.  I have not gotten them yet.

Roger needs a yoga mat for some of the P90X workouts.  We have been doing it for 2 weeks and I already notice a difference. This week, I went to the gym in my building's sister building during the day 3 time so I did 2 workouts each of those days.  I  jogged and walked on the treadmill for 40 minutes.  I was up a pound at Weight Watchers but my jeans no longer cut off my air supply.  I think I am firming up the jiggly bits some.

Saturday, after the kids' naps, we went sneaker shopping at Shoe Carnival for Cleo.  Cleo's babysitter, Ms. Angie, braided Cleo's hair Friday night when she babysat them.

After we found Cleo some cute sneakers, we took the kids bowling.  Cleo said that she wants to have a bowling party.  She vacillates between bowling and a science magician party at the same place we had Sidney's party.  She'll make up her mind in the next week or so.

She and Sidney loved bowling.  I think Sidney enjoyed bowling a bit more than she did.  Sidney asked if we could go bowling today. Cleo used a 7 pound ball, which she carried herself.  Sidney used an 8 pound ball which he too carried himself.

Cleo checking out the scores.

There was a big screen Fruit Ninja that we let the kids play. They both love playing it on our phones and on my Kindle.

The aftermath of Sidney's enjoying the chocolate covered strawberries at the chocolate fountain at Golden Corral.  We had dinner there after bowling.

Cleo lost another tooth yesterday morning. She was so excited.  The tooth fairy left her $5.

This photo was taken in the waiting room at an Urgent Care center in Stockbridge, GA, it's around a 30 minute southward drive from our house. Cleo and I got there at 9:40am and after 3 hours, we saw a doctor who informed us that the sore on Cleo's lip is a cold sore. We were worried that it was a Coxsackie's Virus sore.  She and Sidney had that virus while we were in NYC for Thanksgiving and it was horrendous.  We are so relieved it's just a cold sore. It's super contagious so no kissing for a while.

Here are Cleo and Sidney trying on my glasses tonight, just for fun.

Have a good week!