Same time next year?

Here's to the very first post of 2005. The Spande New Years Eve Movie Night was a big success! The kids were very excited and entertained by the evenings festivities. They enjoyed the independence and freedom of purchasing goodies from the concession counter to their hearts desire. So much so, that Isaac was caught sneaking around to the other side of the concession stand, with a gleam in his eye, reaching for the boxes of theatre treats, shouting, "this is amazing!" We unfortunately diluted his excitement when Mike looked up at him and said, "you need to pay for that." As his pudgy little hand reached into his jar to pull out a shiny nickel to give to the concession stand guy(Mike), his disappoinment from getting caught with his hand in the "cookie jar" quickly turned to elation when the concession guy(Mike)handed him his very own box of junior mints! All was well again. Maddy ended the fun-filled evening by saying, "hey, can we do this agian next year?"