Day Two

Day two of our new schedule was much better. Of course ask me in two weeks, when Aubrie starts gymnastics again. Ben had the kids off to school early and Ethan didn't wake up until 8:30. I was able to get in 20 minutes of DDR for some exercise. (I bought a jump rope today for an even better work out!) I spent the rest of the morning getting some church stuff done and Ethan spent most of his time playing with his cars....his new favorite pastime. Finally around 1:00 we left to do some grocery shopping and to get Ethan a lunchbox for preschool. He picked out a Superman Lunchbox and was very excited to show Aubrie and Boston.
While we were at Walmart Ethan informed me that we needed to get chips. When we got to the chip isle I asked him to pick out any kind he wanted. He put his finger to his chin and started tapping it and then said "hmmm....what to do?". How cute is that, out of a 3 year old at least? Then when we got to the car he wanted me to get something for him while I was driving. I told him that I couldn't b/c I was driving and he did the same thing ( tapping his chin) and said "hmm I have an idea". He was on a roll!
We went straight to school from Walmart to pick up the kids. When we got home Boston was so good, going straight to his chores, homework and piano. Aubrie, on the other hand, took FOREVER. Of course her homework took a little longer, but it took her two hours to finish everything. After their responsibilities they all played cars and babies upstairs for over an hour. They are playing so nice now that school is back in. I'm really enjoying it. Wish it were like that all summer!:) Before they went to bed we took in a 30 minute swim. Sophia joined us and cried when we took her out. She LOVES the water!

summer movies

Ben and I were talking about how many movies we have seen lately. We typically don't go to the movies "just to go to the movies". We only go if there is something we really want to see. Before Sophia came, our date night consisted of dinner and Walmart b/c there was never anything worth seeing. As soon as Sophia was born everything seemed to come out. Sophia has slept through many of them. We realized that on average we saw a movie a week over the summer. That's a record for us! So I decided to write them all down and put them in our "blogjournal"! So this will probably be boring for anyone else who might read it.
Spiderman 3 (All of us...including Ben's parents and Krista) Better than the 2nd
Pirates 3 ( All of us, minus Ethan and including Ben's parents and Krista) First is still the only good one!
Evan Almighty (Ben, Sophia and I) (Ethan, Aubrie and my Mom on their Saturday out) It's a good laugh
Oceans 13 (My Mom and I ) Better than the second, not as good as the 1st! But Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and George Clooney....can't not see that!
Ratatouille (All of us...including Ben's parents and three sisters. It was the Fourth of July and we had to wait in the theatre for an hour and a half with all 4 kids!!! It actually wasn't too bad.) Very cute and funny!
Transformers (All of us, including Danny and his family. We were in California)Surprisingly Good!
Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix (Ben and I) Like the rest of them... someone is after him and he lives throught it!
Bourne Ultimatum (Ben and I) Our favorite of the summer!!!
Hairspray (My Mom, Aubrie, Boston and I) Can't stop singing when you get out!
Live Free or Die Hard (Ben, Sophia and I) Very action packed. Kept us on the edge of our seat
Shrek the Third (All of us) Some funny parts, but pretty boring.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Boston and I on a mother/son date) Glad we saw it, but wasn't the best movies of the summer.
Surfs Up (Boston and my Mom)
Under Dog ( The kids and Ben's parents)