The best laid plans..........

Finally, the weekend arrived for the PiratesoftheCaribbeanathon. Three movies and lots of fun with the six grandchildren. However, once they arrived we realised that the PG ratings of 10, 10 and 13 should be observed. I know they're only guidlines but still. So, by democratic vote (it's not really democratic when the big ones have a louder say) they decided to start with "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" not a bad choice, enjoyed by all but Jeremy (7) who thought it was silly.
Dinner was chicken drumsticks, potato wedges and corn on the cob. I was in disgrace for not providing chocolate mousse for dessert, even though I'd made REAL popcorn with a choice of buuter or salt! I did, however, serve Shirley Temples which I think I enjoy more than they do.
Grandpa was a star, bravely staying up to the end. In the lounge (room) we had Kelly's two man tent (for her and Olivia) and Jeremy's one man tent so they slept there, Sara-Jane and Danielle slept in the guest room and Jessica had to go home just after ten in order to be up at 4.30 am to go to ice skating practice.
Movie number two was Toy Story 3. We thoroughly enjoyed it, I cried at the end and look forward to seeing it again. No wonder it was the highest grossing movie in the world for 2010! Jeremy and I shared a seat so I had someone to cuddle during the scary bits.
The fact that we were all in bed by 11pm doesn't mean all was quiet. At around midnight Sara-Jane sent an SMS to Olivia  to tell them to be quiet. You've gotta love modern technology.
Sunday am was coffee in bed (Grandpa is so good) for Granny and once the troops were organised we had a cereal, juice, bacon, egg and toast breakfast. Jessica was dropped off from skating to join us and they all
watched The Princess Bride. It's such a fun movie, I love it!
Timothy and Marleze invited us to lucnch so we squashed the eight of us into the Honda (thank goodness for spacy cars) and headed south. Timothy cooks a mean steak (I don't eat it, sorry) and Marleze a superb mushroom sauce. As they said, they don't need to visit a steakhouse any more.
Granny and Grandpa were home by 4.30, all children safely fetched or delivered. What a good time.
Sion had directed us to UTube for some Big Bang Theory interviews at Comic.Com 2010. Will Wheeton was the interviewer and it was so good for the fans. Really my favourite comedy.
All in all a very good weekend, it's  a pity we didn't get to watch Captain Jack Sparrow but, there's always next time.