Tristan got home the Thursday before Labor Day weekend and we decided to just dive right in and move the boys into the same room that night. I had a hard time getting a good shot, but here they are getting ready to hunker down for the night.
The transition has actually gone really well. Ethan is always ready to go right to sleep since he doesn't nap anymore and Carter likes to lay in his bed and babble for about 30 minutes. So sometimes Ethan will come out and complain about Carter asking for us or for water, but usually after about 30 minutes they are both asleep. I think it helps to have Carter in his crib still. We will see how smoothly it goes once he's in his toddler bed!
Friday we decided at the last minute to go to the drive in that night. They were showing a triple feature of Monsters University, Planes and Dispicable Me 2. We just couldn't pass it up since we hadn't seen any of them and knew our boys would like the movies as well.
Gates open at 7:30 but movies don't start until dusk so we had some time to kill. The boys love playing in the back of the car when I clean it out so they enjoyed playing around and going for walks around the parking area.
Testing out their spot
So this is when the movie started. Hilarious! They were glued to it (for a little while at least).
We enjoyed setting up outside the car (excuse the angle...my tummy is huge here!).
The boys did really well overall. We stayed through all three movies and they didn't end until 1:40. Amazingly, Ethan stayed awake the whole time! Even Tristan and I started to doze during the third movie. Apparently he wanted to soak up every minute of watching a movie in the car and getting to stay up past bedtime!
On Saturday we decided to head down to Tumwater Falls Park to try to see the Salmon run. I didn't find out until we got home, but the salmon were already down by the bridge so we didn't see any that day. So we watched the boys run instead!
The boys also had fun checking out the waterfalls at the park...
...and playing on the toy boats!
Ethan being the captain
Carter playing peek-a-boo with Dad
We decided to walk down to the other playground as well and let the boys burn off some steam.
By Sunday we were ready for a more low-key day. But on Monday some friends invited us out to Summit Lake to play so we headed out after nap time. Ethan loved riding on the boat while the adults and big kids wake-surfed and wake boarded. Carter wasn't as impressed with the boat and just kind of sat stoically the whole time and watched. After a little while we had them bring us in and Carter and I played at the house and helped with dinner while Tristan and Ethan went back out on the boat for a little bit.
Ethan actually decided he wanted to ride on the tube, which really surprised me. Apparently he got on the tube and the first thing he said was, "What a great day!" Then the whole time they were on the tube he kept asking to go faster! I was impressed that he wasn't scared and so glad that he had a good time.
By the time the weekend was over we were beat, but it was that good kind of tired that comes from making lots of fun memories.
