Project 365 - Day 182

It's HOT down in DC, but with no power at the hotel we decided to trek out to the National Mall area and walk around inside the cool and air conditioned National Museum of Natural History! The boys loved taking the Metro and had a blast at the museum. On our way back to the Metro I had the boys stop so I could snap this picture with the Washington Monument in the background.

Project 365 - Day 181

Hotel living! Finally checked in and tubbied and ready to try and get some sleep. Should be interesting, so glad we splurged for the suite with a separate bedroom!

Project 365 - Day 180

Pool fun at Grammy's camp today!

Project 365 - Day 179

Evan's first movie! Today MIL and I took the boys to see Madagascar 3. It was the perfect first movie for Evan since he really enjoys the first 2 "Alex the Lion" movies. We made sure to sit in an aisle that had lots of space so that we could quickly move if Evan got rowdy! He did much better than I thought, he would switch from sitting with me and sitting with MIL. We had to step out once because he was trying to escape from our row, but he came back after a few minutes and finished the movie, but otherwise he did well. He had the people in the row behind us giggling when he stood up to dance during the circus scene.

I'm not sure how he would do with a movie he is unfamiliar with so I'm still debating whether or not I want to attempt taking him to see Brave, but the older 2 really want to go so we'll have to see!

Project 365 - Day 178

Our slider installation is almost complete, but Evan decided to help speed things along by "helping" the carpenter mud the wall.

Project 365 - Day 177

Evan's newest milestone (and I cannot say that I'm thrilled) is being able to open his bedroom door. He has been sleeping in a "big boy" bed since January but he's never tried to get out of the bed, until now. He used to just sit in his room and talk to his stuffed animals or sing songs to himself until I went in to get him. NOW, not so much, I don't know what has changed, but now he likes to get out of his bed, open his door and run out into the hallway and announce "Mommy, Daddy! I wake up!" at the top of his lungs. Then he'll run down the hall to his brothers rooms to tell them.

This would be less of a problem if it wasn't happening between 5:45 and 6:15 in the morning. I try to get him back into his bed and close his door but it's pretty much futile, since in a few minutes he'll get back up and do it all over again. This morning I heard running down the hall trying to sneak down to David's room (he doesn't always announce that he woke up), it was 6:15 and I looked at him pointed to his room and gave him the stink eye to march right back to bed. He was so sad, "I want David" he cried. But I turned on his music and told him it was too early. He calmed down but at that point, Shaun and David were already awake.

I sent the older 2 boys downstairs and decided to grab my camera to see if I could catch Evan trying to get out of bed again, since I knew he heard his brothers at this point. Sure enough, here he is opening his door and trying to sneak out again. Imagine his surprise when he saw Mommy with her camera catching him red handed! This will be one for the memory books when his future children wake him up at the butt crack of dawn trying to sneak out of their rooms!

Project 365 - Day 176

David has finally decided to let us take his training wheels off and learn to ride his bike (originally he told us he would learn when he turned 6)!! He did pretty well, but I still think the fear is holding him back. We told him that practice makes perfect and it's not going to happen overnight. I'm just happy that he tried!