bbq at the Burkes'

everyone who knew how to cook ribs and wanted to bring them for a potential competition did, and so we ate some marvelous ribs! i don't know anything about making ribs, so i brought banana pudding ;)

we brought the boys' suits just in case they wanted to get in them even though it was raining. Ian did want to, but not for long. Zeke changed too, but somehow he got by me and i didn't get a photo of him in his new swim suit. Ian's wearing Zeke's old one from the last two years.

Zeke actually loves sharing his outgrown clothes with Ian and Ian likes it too, especially since he's always wanting to be like his older bro. i hope they never grow tired of this attitude toward hand-me-downs!

he found one of Madison's toys, Toothless from "How to Train Your Dragon"

playing ball out back with Steve and Lily and some other coworkers and kids.

Ian back in warmer clothing

night at the movies as a fam

we all went to see "How to Train Your Dragon" in 3-D. the boys enjoyed it immensely and so did we. i might've even had more fun than the boys! it was Joel's and my first 3-D movie and both boys' first movie experience all together, except when Zeke was months old. the boys loved the glasses too!

Zeke even compared it to "Cars"! first saying that "How to Train Your Dragon" was better, then ended up saying it was the same better, that they were both the same better, LOL! i kept trying to tell him that meant they were both the best, but he didn't care to use that terminology, lol.

i'd had friends tell me they'd liked it and it was a good one for little kids as well as adults. it was really, really fun!
i prepared them ahead of time with what to expect, like how it'd be really loud and Zeke wanted to know why, so i told him it's loud so everyone can hear it, hehe. i also told them we'd make sure to pee before it started, maybe even two times, and that we can't pause it b/c it's not on our dvd player. Zeke thought that was weird, heh. these kids in the digital age...
they ended up not having to leave at all during the movie, no problems at all :) Ian was just a little loud and didn't want to whisper, but that was it. Zeke kept remarking about how things were popping out! b/c it was 3-D. it was pretty darn fun even just to watch them experience it!
so excited to do it again sometime. i'd like to go for the "Toy Story" one that's supposed to come out soon.

us in our 3-D glasses! before the movie started

the movie didn't actually start til after their bedtime, so they were past out before we got home.

our newest GeoTrax designs

at the park with Yvonne, Wesley, Kady

Ian sweetly pushed Kady in the swing for a while

then she opted for a big kid swing.

really cool giraffe rocker

the park with Lenae

i met Lenae not too long ago through a moms' online site. she has three boys

here Zeke's spinning with Gabriel.

Ian really was enjoying pushing Zeke 'round and 'round.

most awesome type of swing. we miss the red one in WA.

here's a link to Zeke's last visit to the red one before we moved, lol. Ian here is about the same age as Zeke was then:

http://joelandlizharris.blogspot.com/2008/07/swing.html

sharing Mommy's water

hehe, making a face at me

gotcha!

apparently having a meeting. Zeke played with these boys til we left. at one point they were running a pretend restaurant where no money was needed or even offered :)

looking at their big shadows

Zeke's about to make his first big jump

Ian seeing what the fuss is about.

eh...