Monday, October 8, 2012

Movie, Dinner, and Dessert...

is how we spent our Sunday afternoon.  This week is #KinfofestPDX - a mini German Filmfestival here in Portland - which also included a children's movie "Tom Sawyer" {in German with English subtitles}.  We obviously just had to go, because how often do we get to see German movies in the theater here in PDX?!  

The movie started late in the afternoon, and yes Mia Rose was still a little young for it. Alena loved the movie, while Mia Rose declared that she never, ever wants to see that movie again....
After the movie...

Mia Rose after the movie...

It was already late by the time the movie was done, so we decided {as we do after the Kids Symphony} to have dinner at Pastini's.  On our walk over we saw a frozen yoghurt shop.  Guess what?  Yup,  they had vegan sorbet.  Yay - it was a desert kind of day...You know, I am always so excited when we can find dessert for the girlies.  It is just something we always have to spend extra energy to look for.  Of course, one can  make the argument that since everything in the store is milk but the frozen sorbet that it could be inherently contaminated with milk.  Well,  yes it certainly could contain milk traces but so do many food items; but what happens?  It is not that the girls - at least not ours - would have an immediate, life threatening reaction. So I think we need to keep it in balance.  Yes, it could very well be that there is a risk of cross contamination, but the fun, and enjoyment our kids get from eating frozen vegan yoghurt by far outweighs the potential minute adverse effect...Just look how much fun they had...
Do you know who is in the background?

Right?!  Of course you do not need to agree with me/us but this is how we parent our children.  This is how we empower them and they do have fantastic job!  

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