Kidder Matthews goes on a long distance movie date...

Due to the fact my husband is deployed, going on dates is tricky. Skype is such a blessing, but sometimes a change of setting other than my bedroom is nice. My husband and I had both been eagerly waiting for The Dark Knight Rises to come out (like waiting years!) and before we knew we were going to be dealing with a deployment we talked about seeing it together when it finally arrived. But since he is in the Middle East and I am in the New England we had to get creative. Friday at 7pm his time and noon my time we went on a movie date to see the latest Batman movie "together." And of course Kidder came along, cause he just loves a good outing (and because if I was going to look foolish sitting alone in a theater I might as well go all out and bring a stuffed otter with me).

 Yup. I smuggled a purse full of popcorn and an otter into the theater and then took pictures. Triple violation? Kidder and I find rules to be lame.

The experience of the "date" was better than the actual movie (sort of a let down). Deployment creativity is fun, but I'm glad there is only 4 more months until real dates!

In which Kidder camps...

While our Airman is deployed (2 months down, 4 to go!!) Kidder and I have been doing our best to carry on in his absence and enjoy ourselves. This week we took part in a 40 person family camping trip at a State Park/Beach. Most of the time Kidder hung out in the tent, as east coast beaches aren't exactly love otter friendly. Overall, it was a very nice and enjoyable week in the outdoors.

The major issue of the trip was the first 2 days when "the deluge" came- our campsite flooded with approximately 6-8 inches of water. But a little down pouring rain didn't stop Kidder or I. He went for a nice boating trip (in our campsite-turned-pond) on my baby cousins pirate ship during the storm.

Later this month Kidder and I will be visiting a private beach for a week which will hopefully be drier and will definitely involve less children trying to kid(der)nap the little lover otter. Stay tuned for pictures of Kidder working on his tan.