Race For Education and Jackie Chan!

Happy Friday!  Bus almost didn't come again but a quick phone call rectified that. While he went off to school, I started a marathon of errands.  I was just about to go in for my eye appointment when I was called to pick up Kendall. It seems he fell and they weren't sure if it was from dizziness and he also vomited, I finished my eye appointment and Kendall survived 4 more errands before falling asleep once we arrived home! He was so ready for Race For Education and was disappointed he didn't run.  We want to thank everyone who donated to Caln Elementary!

Kendall came down while I was watching The Spy Next a door with Jackie Chan so the we watched Jackie Chan's First Strike, which we already had and then watched The Spy Next Door again. Jackie Chan stars as Bob Ho, an international spy on loan to the CIA who gives up his job in hopes of leading a so-called normal life with his next-door-neighbor girlfriend and her rambunctious brood.  The main story centers on Bob's relationship with artsy single mom Gillian and her three kids: precocious teenage stepdaughter Farren, nerdy middle child Ian,  and adorably energetic Nora.  After an emergency sends Gillian away to Denver, Bob steps up and offers to watch the kids while she's gone. Ill-equipped to handle a situation that's clearly over his head, Bob utilizes his spy skills and gadgets -- video watch, GPS tracking, x-ray glasses -- to gain control over the situation in hopes of winning over the kid's affection, but when an old enemy escapes from prison and threatens his potential family, Bob must return to his 007 world of international espionage to protect them. Brainiac Ian, who accidentally downloads a top-secret formula for oil-eating ooze created by the bad guys, which propels the main action of the film. Chan's charm wins out in the end, and The Spy Next Door's most effective sequences involve Bob's attempts to bond with the kids -- from taking little Nora shopping for a Halloween costume to helping Ian with school bullies and girls. 

We also watched Ride Along. When a fast-talking guy joins his girlfriend's brother-a hot-tempered cop-to patrol the streets of Atlanta, he gets entangled in the officer's latest case. Now, in order to prove that he deserves his future bride, he must survive the most insane 24 hours of his life. For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben has been trying to show decorated APD detective Jamesthat he's more than just a video-game junkie who's unworthy of James' sister, Angela. When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he's earned the seasoned policeman's respect and asks for his blessing to marry Angela. Knowing that a ride along will demonstrate if Ben has what it takes to take care of his sister, James invites him on a shift designed to scare the heck out of the trainee. But when the wild night leads them to the most notorious criminal in the city, James will find that his new partner's rapid-fire mouth is just as dangerous as the bullets speeding at it. 

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Buenas noches!