VACATION DAY 1: MONDAY

So far, so good.

Vacation, Day 1: Diaper Diva took Ducky and OSFO for a swim at Eastern Athletic. Now they’re on their way to mid-afternoon showing of "Curious George" at the Pavilion.

It’s  Ducky’s first movie theater experience, so there’s no telling how she’ll react. Teen Spirit saw "Mrs. Doubtfire" when he was two and really freaked out during the choking scene.

If she can handle the largest image she’s ever seen, "Curious George" should be fine content-wise, as it’s a G-rated re-thinking of the first book  with many of the scenes that are in the original with some PC-ification.

The Man with the Yellow Hat, now named Ted, is no longer a zoo employee who brings animals back from Africa for the zoo. Now an archaeologist, he works for a natural history museum in San Francisco. George follows him back home. There are lots of plot changes of this ilk but there’s still the scene where George re-paints the upstair’s apartment, and flies around the city hanging on to a bouquet of helium balloons.

The songs by Jack Johnson are a nice touch and the movie is a quick one hour and twenty minutes or so. Voices by Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore and Eugene Levy are also terrific.

After the movie, OSFO has a slumber party…

As for Teen Spirit: I’m not sure what he’s up to today. He slept past noon and then parked on the much-loved red chair in the living with his computer laptap on his lap.  He wants to see "Curious George" but not with his aunt, sister, niece.

No way.