We threw a Labor Day weekend block party with our neighbors yesterday afternoon.. a water slide, some lots of bikes and tricycles in the cul-de-sac and lots and lots and LOTS of good food.. all a combination for a great time with good friends..
The kids were full of pizza and got their popcorn and were all ready to see Clone Wars, the new Star Wars movie!
As a sidenote: our grownup review of the movie-- pretty good! In fact, we're impressed that the computer animated groupings of pixels on the screen were able to make us care more about those characters than the actual flesh and blood actors (namely Hayden Christiansen and Natalie Portman) in the prequels..
Watching Attack of the Clones with the boys this morning, in preparation for tonight's Clone Wars movie (they'll be going as part of friend Jake's Birthday party), when Aidan and I had the following conversation:
Me: See, Anakin and Amidala are falling in love.
Aidan: Why?
Me: That's a really good question.
A few standards of life in a house with two growing boys:
1) we're always out of something in the fridge or pantry
2) there's always a potty that needs unclogging
3) Jango Fett is always missing one of his guns (and sometimes his head)...
I know I've got lots of updating to do from all the fun an frolic of the summer, but I just wanted to get a few of these pictures up from today, the first day of school.. Aidan starts 2nd grade and Bryce kicks off his career with the first day of Pre-K.
For the record, Aidan's an old pro at this First Day thing by now, and Bryce was a trooper. He went right into his classroom, met all his classmates, and had a great day. When it was time for pick-up-- they had just a brief half-day today-- he really didnt' want to leave.
So I think we'll be alright on the school front.
Here are a selection of the pictures.
For a limited time, you can get the full photo-set here
With the start of the new school year just a few days away, Aidan and Bryce are soaking up as much of the last bits of summertime fun as they can...
Aidan turned 7 this week, and the parties seemed to be never ending.. it was more a birthday festival than a singular event. We had a little gathering on the 31st to commemorate his actual birthday.. but the real celebration didn't kick off until the weekend.. first with a visit to Chuck E. Cheese with his good friend Jake and Uncle Ross on Friday..
Playing some skee-ball..
Playing the Firefighter videogame...
Then the big Superman Pool Party bash with all the neighbor and school friends on Saturday..
Followed with a sleepover.. (which mostly just translated to a late night staying up watching Star Wars and eating popcorn)...
Meanwhile... yours truly set to work on the Lego City Police Station.. all 1000 pieces of it..
