Wall-E

This afternoon the Betzer family, Sarah, Charity, and I took several of the Lighthouse kids to see the movie Wall-E, which just recently came to theaters in South Africa. It was a really cute movie, and I think the kids really enjoyed it.

Movies are much less expensive here (less than 4 U.S. dollars), so each of the kids also got a child-size box of popcorn and a small orange Fanta, their favorite "cool drink." During the first half of the movie, Lewis, age 6, patted my arm about every 5 minutes to ask if I would hand him his drink. Unfortunately, the cup holders were down low where the kids couldn't really reach them. Tshepiso, age 4, was sitting on my other side and would hand me her box of popcorn about every 5 minutes indicating that she also needed a drink of her orange Fanta. I felt like such a mom!

About halfway through the movie after everyone had finished their popcorn and drinks, Tshepiso crawled on my lap and fell asleep. It was like having my own little space heater in the cold movie theater. When the movie was over, I carried her back out to the entrance where she finally woke up.

Janis and David took the kids back to the Shelter, and left Sarah, Charity, and me out at the mall to walk around and shop for a while. Basically we just ate ice cream, walked around, and then bought some groceries at Pick 'n Pay. I was so glad that they are not big shoppers because I definitely am not!