true boy tales: At the movies

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

At the movies

I haven't posted in a while...I guess because there haven't been many photo opportunities. We had a great day planned at a pool on July 4th with both sides of our family but that day was cold and rainy. We still went the pool but only the brave boys swam (including Bennett! Uncle Adam toughed it out with him in the pool and hot tub throughout most of the day.) At one point I asked Bennett, "are you warm or cold?" and through chattering teeth he said, "I'm hot". I guess he can't quite gauge his body temp yet :) Thankfully we had all kinds of delicious food which always makes for a great day in my book!

Today was Bennett's first time at a movie theatre! We went to the $1 showing of Horton Hears a Who at Jordan Creek with our playgroup and it was a lot of fun. We just made sure to have lots of snacks to keep them in their seats. He thought the elephant was hilarious and laughed out loud a lot. And when he saw the purple kangaroo, he said "they're in Australia". It was pretty cute.

Bennett and Colby Briggs

Bennett and Piper sharing popcorn

1 comment:

mandaJuly 7, 2009 at 6:27 PM
SO fun! I was totally gonna call you today to see if you wanted to go to the dollar theater in Ames to see Monsters V. Aliens!! We ended up running a bit late so I didn't get the chance.
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