In an attempt to repay Alexis for her phenomenal display of patience and understanding while we prepared the house for sale, I took her to see Up this past weekend. She's officially at the age where movies at the theater are fun, and I'm always game for a Pixar flick. Or two. Or all of them.

It was a phenomenal movie. Seriously, phenomenal. I'd even go so far as to say that the first five minutes or so are probably the best five minutes of any movie ever made in the history of movies, even if I was totally bawling like a baby all through them.

Alexis, for her part, was also a big fan of the movie. Fortunately, some of the heavier overtones of the movie were lost on her little brain. All she saw was the fantasy and majesty of a whole lot of balloons carrying a man and his house along to the destination of his dreams.

She loved it.

When we returned back home, Alexis ran to find Cody so she could tell him about the movie. Seriously, she's telling him about the balloons and the house and the talking dogs in this photo.

As I melted from cuteness, she morphed the conversation into being about The (New) House. She told Cody, "We're going to tie lots of balloons and fly the new house to Disney World!"

I can't say that I hate that idea.