Cars 2!

We went to see Cars 2 in the theater on friday! I'm not sure that any movie could live up to Aaron's expectations, but it came close. He really liked the popcorn and the movie itself but he didn't like the theater. Cars 2 is very different from Cars, in that it's a James Bond themed spy thriller with cars instead of people. So there are lots of car chases and, of course, the World Grand Prix, but there is also a lot of shooting and exploding. One spy car is semi-tortured and then blown up in the beginning. The plot, which concerns biofuel versus fossil fuels believe it or not, is hard to follow for a three year old. He is also small, so the seat kept folding up on him. He spent much of the movie on my lap, but not before I got a few pictures of him.



In the end, it will probably be a few years before we go to a movie theater with him again. Which is good, since the tickets for two adults and one child came to $33. By the time we go again, it will probably cost $50.

First day notes

Aaron had a great first day, as evidenced by the report below:


We asked him about his day and all he would say was "good" and "I played and played and played". He couldn't recall many details, which is not uncommon for a three year old. He is the only person in the universe! Why would he notice anything else? Mike really wanted just one detail so he kept asking who Aaron played with, if the kids had names, what they looked like, etc. Aaron kept replying, "I don't know". Finally, Mike asked what the grown-ups looked like. "They were all ladies with circles for heads." I love it. More proof that preschoolers make lousy witnesses.

In Cars 2 news, we are still obsessed. As a First-Day-of-School-We're-So-Proud-of-You present, Aaron received Francesco Bernoulli. He is in love with this car. I tried to make some of this cars obsession into a learning activity, so this afternoon, we looked at a world map and talked about where each car in the World Grand Prix comes from. Then I printed out pictures of the cars and we taped thread between the pictures and their countries of origin. I had to make it a little bit interesting for me. Here's the result. I'm pretty proud of it! (Double click to enlarge it.)

New School

Aaron started summer camp at his new preschool this morning! We've been referring to it as "new school" for a long time, but it's actually called the Little Learning Academy. The name is a bit much, but it looks like a great place and the kids seem happy. When we went to check it out a few months ago, he was deemed "purple-room material". We brought him about 30 minutes ago and although he was apprehensive for about 10 seconds, he did go over to look at some car stickers that another boy brought to show him. We said goodbye to him but he didn't notice when we actually left the room. He'll be going three days a week for the summer and full time in the fall.

Here he is showing off his new Lightning McQueen lunchbox, which he has insisted on carrying with him all weekend. A good match for his Lightning bathing suit.

In front of "my new school"