Movie Date

Recently, I had the funnest little "Mommy & Joseph Date" with my sweet little buddy!  I decided to take Joseph to see his very first movie in the theater!

We went to see the movie Frozen and oh my goodness, it turned out to be the best little movie!  Not only was it a super fun outing for me (I hadn't been to the movie theater since the weekend before Andrew was born!), but it was such a fun thing I could do with just me and Joseph.

We went to the 10:30am showing which was just perfect.  Joseph watches only a couple of 30 minute shows a day so I wasn't sure how he would do watching one film for close to 2 hours.  I had told myself though that if he got to bored or antsy that we would just leave and head home.  But to my surprise, he did great and was very attentive the whole time!

Joseph obviously didn't know much about the movie theater so I tried to explain everything to him and involve him in every little step of the fun. After giving the lady our tickets, we went to get some M&Ms and popcorn for the movie.  He definitely enjoyed the snack part of the experience, just like his Momma!  :)  We got into the theater in time for the last preview before the lights dimmed.  He was so cute the whole time.  There was a little classic Mickey short film right before the movie started, so several times during the movie he asked about Mickey.  I guess he expected Mickey to pop into our movie at some point.  But he did great and seemed to enjoy the movie!

Afterwards I was trying to talk to him about it and he kept saying "BIG tv!  Big big big tv!" Then he would say "Me like loud!".   haha   Several times lately we have seen a commercial for Frozen on tv and everytime he calls my name and points at it with this big smile on his face....and knowing he remembers our fun time together makes it even sweeter of a memory for me!

Giving the lady his ticket

Checking out his surroundings while in line for concessions

One happy camper

Had just enough time for a couple of pics inside the theater before the lights dimmed

Snacks in his lap and ready to go

Such a fun day with my sweet boy!

Family Celebration

A couple of weekends ago, we had Michael's parents come in town for a visit to celebrate Faith's birthday!

The boys had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa Z!  It was nice having Faith and Jimmy here to show them all the new things we have done and added to the house since they saw it last.  We had such a great visit with them and enjoyed the weekend.

Saturday during the day we just spent the day here playing with the boys and visiting.  That evening, Lauren and Luke came over for the birthday celebration.  We enjoyed playing bocce ball in our backyard while Michael grilled us some fajitas!  Earlier in the day I had made Faith a birthday cake...the one Grandma Springer has always made for her birthday - a cherry pecan cake.  Mmm, it is so tasty!

After the boys went to bed that night, we all watched a movie together.  It was something very exciting for me and Michael because we realized it was probably the first movie we had watched since Andrew was born!  Now that he is finally sleeping at night, I can finally stay up to watch a movie!  :)

Sunday we took Faith and Jimmy to the church we have been liking (still trying to figure out which church we will officially join).  Then we came back home to have more play time while Jimmy and Michael fixed something on my car.  Such a great visit and thankful as always for such a great family!

Cherry pecan cake!

Love this picture!

In my stack of old napkins, I found one 30th birthday napkin that Faith eagerly volunteered to use - hehe 

Dinner time

Happy birthday to Faith!

One messy eater!

Time for birthday gifts