A day of firsts

Today is Labor Day.  We had hoped to go to the pool for one last time before it closes but the weather just wouldn't allow it.  The weekend's weather was pretty crappy overall.  This morning we all piled into the car for a quick trip to the mall for new sneakers for Doug and I for the health-kick that we're on and a ride on the train for the big boys.  BUT, first stop was the barber shop.  Baby Crosby's mop HAD to get trimmed, it was WAAAAY overdue.  As it was with Oliver's first haircut, Crosby was NOT a fan...He pretty much screamed the whole time.  Doug said he felt bad for anyone who was in there thinking they could sit and relax while they got their hair cut.  :)  Attached are a couple of pics - before, during and after.  Crosby looks so much older now and his beautiful blue eyes really pop.

The second first of today...Doug and I took Carter and Oliver to the movies!  There is an old theater in downtown Leesburg, called Tally-Ho.  It's like stepping back in time.  Cars 2 was playing at 4:45.  Since they LOVE the original Cars, we figured that we'd give it a shot since the timing was good and Marta could stay home with baby Crosby.  We got to the theater, only to find out that the projector was broken so they couldn't show the movie.  They offered for us to see the original Cars for $1 each.  We figured we'd go in and see what the boys thought, especially knowing that they love the movie.  We were the only ones in the theater.  Oliver got his popcorn and sat in his own seat (Carter sat with Doug).  They both thought it was pretty cool.  About an hour into the movie, Oliver decided he was ready to go home, which was fine.  Carter would have stayed but at least we knew they could come home and watch the rest of the movie.  We will definitely go again, just not sure if Oliver would sit through more of a movie that he doesn't know so well or if he stayed as long as he did b/c he did know the movie so well...Here is a picture of the boys before the show.  Note that Oliver is wearing his Lightning McQueen Crocs.  :)

Tomorrow is Oliver's first day of preschool...We've been talking it up like CRAZY.  Hope he likes it when we get there as much as he thinks he likes it when we talk about it.  :)  We shall see...