The kids and I have been staying at my mom's house since Thursday because Dan's in Phoenix. She helped me drop Mac off at school on Friday (his school opens fifteen minutes before my first hour class starts). Then, since we were already here, we just stayed.

This afternoon, my mom and I decided to take the kids to the mall.

This was an incredibly stupid idea. I haven't taken them to the mall in... maybe a year? Maybe longer? That's because, as I remembered ten minutes after we got to Rosedale, it actually really sucks to take them to the mall.

We went up and down the escalator 15 times, and that was the highlight.

When we got home, we watched High School Musical 2 on my mom's DVR. It was a version that had little pop-up messages with behind-the-scenes tidbits on the making of the film. I got really addicted to the messages, and so finished watching he movie after the kids went to bed.

I now know that Troy's solo ballad was shot on the same afternoon as his picnic with Gabriella. Also, Kelsi and Ryan each wore 13 different hats in the movie.

Knowing this information will probably increase my enjoyment of the film during the next 15 or 20 viewings.