Fun Mom

  Last night this momma did something crazy.  Did not want to do it, thought it was inappropriate, not necessary and overall poor judgement. I took my daughter to the midnight showing of The Hunger Games.  Yes, midnight. Yes she is 12.  Yes it was a school night. We got home about 2:30 a.m. and had to get up around 7:00 to get to school on time.  I fed her coffee with cinnamon toast hoping the caffeine and sugar would  help her through the day.  Will she pay very good attention today?  Probably not.  Will she yawn and annoy her teachers with her lack of participation?  Probably.  Did we make a memory last night that she will never forget?  I am positive.

Let me start from the beginning.  Syd and I have both read all 3 Hunger Games. We love Katniss. Tough, confident, strong girl who is also a dang good hunter.  Just like Syd and myself....ok I take that back. Syd is a good hunter, never misses and has shot a slew of deer. I have shot one and it was from about 15 yards and I think the deer was deaf and blind. ( But that is another story.)  So ever since we have heard about the movie coming out we have been eagerly anticipating it.

Anyway, the movie comes out officially today. So being the practical (boring) common sense (boring) good judgement (boring) type of mom I told Sydney of course I would take her to the 6:00 show.  "But mom!!" she pleaded "I want to be the first one to see it!  Please can we go to the midnight show? Leah's mom is taking her to the midnight show!"  Yeah right, I thought to myself.  This is nonsense, but  not to be outdone, I called this older and wiser mother of 4 quite sure the midnight show was a fabrication. Much to my disbelief she said, "Oh yeah I did it with my older kids.  It is a blast."  So I said, "You think I should be Fun Mom and not Practical, Common Sense, Good Judgement Mom?"  She replied, "You gotta be fun mom!"

So fun mom it was.  I went to the movie theater, purchased the tickets, signed the girls up for the Hunger Games Trivia Game and silently told myself to try and take a little catnap before the movie. Syd was beside herself. She dressed like Katniss, did Hunger Games fingernails and had me do the Katniss braid on her and Leah.

 We got to the movie theater a full hour early and it was crazy! Lots of people many sporting Katniss attire.  We met our friends filed in and found seats.  The room was full. The trivia game began with 24 tributes being chosen. Sydney was the 10th girl tribute selected. She was so glad just to get chosen. She looked so little up on the stage.  She said her legs were trembling.  Each tribute was asked trivia questions. If they missed, they sat down. One by one, the tributes missed questions and would return to their seats.  When Sydney finally did miss a question, there was only 6 tributes left on the stage. Luckily, it was a hard question and all 6 missed it so she got to stay on the stage.  Then it was down to 2 tributes. My little Katniss was left on stage versus a Peeta looking boy.The question was asked, he answered wrong and Sydney quietly answered with "Effie Trinket."  And with that response, my baby girl at 11:58 p.m. was pronounced Hunger Games Champion!! She was awarded a poster, mocking jay pin and free movie passes. She smilied ear to ear, while I was fist pumping in my seat and silently saying to myself, "that's my baby, that's my little nerdy bookworm!"

I am not going to spoil the movie for anyone other than saying, we loved it. It is good. I am so glad, I took a chance and went to my first midnight show. We had a ball and made a memory and went to bed at 2:30 still talking about the book and the movie and this morning, my little Katniss rolled out of bed, groggy but still excited about her night out with her Fun Mom!  So glad I threw caution out the window and used poor judgement.  May I do this more often and May the odds be ever in our favor!