We have established a new tradition in the McCurdy household--Family Movie Night. October will be our fifth month to have it, so I think that counts as a tradition. The last Friday night of each month, we let Katelyn choose a movie (parent-approved, of course!), and we pop popcorn and stay up "late" to watch it as a family (at this season of our lives, this means we actually start the movie after Anna goes to bed, but she'll get to participate eventually). I figure if we start traditions like this when the girls are young, they will be accustomed to it and look forward to it as they get older. Katelyn's movie picks so far have been
The Tale of Desperaux, Snoopy Come Home, Toy Story 3, and The Lion King. Upcoming selections consist of
The Little Mermaid, Finding Nemo, and Mary Poppins....looking forward to some fun family memories!
My sister took the one of Anna. A girl (and also a friend of Brittany's) on the church shuttle bus took the other one, and I had no idea she was taking it (because she was sneaky and used her phone). Those are sometimes the best ones. The sweet thing about the bus picture is that Dave left the day before to go on his week-long sailing trip to the Apostle Islands (he'll have to do a separate post about that once he gets his pictures uploaded), so the girls and I had been on our own and actually managed to get ready for church that morning in time to ride the bus (it's one of Katelyn's favorite Sunday morning events). That picture is one of many sweet mother/daughter moments we shared while daddy was away (though we did miss him dearly!).
