If you happened to be passing through the lobby of Century Cinemas yesterday you might have noticed an old woman and two young children sloughing at a cafe table, looking bored.

We came to see RATATOUILLE which I thought started at 2 but didn't start until 3, so we were stuck waiting.

I suggested that we pretend that we are waiting in an airport before going to Hawaii. This got old quickly. I started counting the number of tattoos I could see on people passing through, there was long lines for the new Harry Potter film. I saw 35 tattoos on various limbs.

The boy (7) checked the floor for any dropped money. He saw one man drop some coins but picked them back up before the boy could snatch them.

The girl (5) explored new ways of using a straw to blow objects across the room.. The boy asked 33 times if it was time yet. I put my watch on the table so he could see for himself how slow time moved.

The girl spilt her water on the marble topped table and we played with the puddles. We tried to make a paper airplane with a slick colored flier that promoted saving the earth. The plane was too heavy to fly. We ate a whole bag of popcorn and the girl kept asking for more food, ice cream please, coke, please, more popcorn. She was polite in her demanding voice.

Finally it was time and we abandoned our table to the janitor who had been lurking nearby, and found our seats. The movie was wonderful.