TARGET is AWESOME!

Parker still can't run and jump. We started the day off with SpongeBob and then we drove over to Target to get some cards.
It was the highlight of Parker's day, boy was he excited.

Of course he had to give Ball Buddy a hug before going inside the store.

Then he began to show me everything he would like for Christmas, starting with this smiling pumpkin card.

He would like these stickers...

this transformer...

and this Lego AT-TE Walker. "This is awesome! Target is awesome! Daddy, this is the best trip you've ever taken me on. The people that work here make pretty good stuff and I appreciate it."


He didn't want this Bionicle, but he had to show me how crazy it looked. "Look at this! The people that work here must really work hard", Parker said.

He was impressed by the size of this spaceship as well.

He would really like to have the Rebel Scout Speeder and was worried that the four sets would be gone before Christmas...

so he took one and tucked it away for when I have enough money to get it.


As Parker & I were heading to the check-out he told me, "Target is the best place I've ever been to. This store is amazing."
Then he was even more excited when he saw that Target has Aqua Globes. "They have Aqua Globes now! They water plants for two weeks! This store is amazing!"

"They even have candy corn cards! This is awesome!"

"Daddy, this is awesome. I want this Star Wars box of cards for Christmas too."

After we bought our trading cards and were outside Parker walked over to the Target circle and rested in it. "Target's the Life".


On our way home we stopped at McDonald's for lunch where
You Can't Have It Your Way. You get to have it their way.
We went through the drive-through and I asked for a Happy Meal but without a drink...
"I'd like a chicken nugget happy meal without the drink", I said. Then the machine responded, "No drink? It comes with drink." "I know, but we don't need a drink." I told the machine. "Why no drink? You know it comes with a drink?" The machine asked me again. "I know it comes with a drink, but we don't need one. We would just like the chicken nuggets and the fries." I said. There was a short pause and then the machine said, "Um... let me go ask my manager." After five minutes the voice returned, "My manager said you can't just get the meal. You need to get the drink with it." "Uh... ok."

At McDonald's their motto is: We Love To See You Smile after you eat what we want you to have. We'll choose how you want your meal. You don't want a drink? Tough! You'll get a drink and you'll like it! We love to see you smile. :)



The Happy Meal box didn't have much to offer to keep Parker's interest, so he grabbed some scissors, tape and a rubber-band and turned it into something cooler.


Once Emily got home we got our cards out to trade.



After trading cards with each other Emily wanted to watch Star Wars Episode 1.
This movie makes me laugh. Sure there's the annoying Jar-Jar, but there's also young Anakin. When he first meets Padme she says something about him being a little kid or a having a goofy hair-cut or something, to which he answers, "I'm a person and my name is Anakin." That line always makes me laugh because I don't quite get what he's saying. I think he wasn't really listening when Padme was talking to him.

If Padme said: "You're a little kid"
What Anakin heard: "You look like a little gremlin. That probably explains why you smell so bad."
Anakin's response: "I'm a person and my name is Anakin."

If Padme said: "You have a goofy hair-cut"
What Anakin heard: "Is your name Qui-Gon? Because you look like him in that burlap sack you're wearing."
Anakin's response: "I'm a person and my name is Anakin."

So, after you see these two interact with each other the following line from Obi-Wan makes perfect sense. He's referring to Anakin!

Why do I sense we've picked up another pathetic life form?




Ok... Becky just looked up the script for Episode 1, but it still sounds stupid to me.

PADME: You're... a slave?

ANAKIN looks at PADME defiantly.

ANAKIN: I am a person! My name is Anakin.

PADME: I'm sorry. I don't fully understand.

Ok, what doesn't she fully understand? This just needs a little tweaking.

PADME: You're... a slave?

ANAKIN looks at PADME defiantly.

ANAKIN: I am a person! My name is Anakin.

PADME: I'm sorry. I don't fully understand.

ANAKIN: I'm a person, like you. I just want to be loved.

PADME: I'm sorry if I hurt you in any way. This is just so weird. You want to paint a fence for me on the weekend?

ANAKIN looks at PADME defiantly.

ANAKIN: I am a person! My name is Anakin.