Kung Fu Panda

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The kids and I took advantage of the last week of summer free movie program and saw Kung Fu Panda for probably the 198th time this morning. It involved lots of screaming children, 2 boys who literally ran up and down the theater aisles for the entire movie plus a grown man who sat behind me and gave a running commentary including appropriate Kung Fu noises. Our temps this week are 99/100 every day until Friday when it cools down to a balmy 96 so we're a little low on activities since outdoors is not really a good option.

The truce Camden and Rory seemed to have developed over the summer is definitely over, and the past few days have not been easy as I have reverted back to my role as referee. I keep reminding myself it's part of being a parent, and that keeping calm when they can't is part of the job description. Not sure how well I'm succeeding at the moment.

Here are a couple of pictures I took of them both this weekend as I was practicing a technique for my photography class. Pretty sure there was bribery involved to get them to be still. :)





Comments

Anonymous said…
Whatever you bribed them with must have been good, because those smiles do not look fake!
Mom
3:08 PM
Elizabeth Frick said…
Oh man... that movie viewing would have driven me to the brink.
4:18 PM
Christine @ 12,450miles said…
Oooo.... Bribes!!
5:42 PM
KrisJ said…
Ya the end of the summer brings sibling drama for sure!! LOVE the pics though good job!
11:13 PM
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