Outdoor "theatre"

Tonight, Brian and I took the little boys out for a night of (forced) family fun. We went to the pavillion pictured above, which is in Old Town Manassas, just a few miles from our house. Every June on the Friday of the last day of school, they start their summer family movie night; tonights movie was Ratatouille (sp). The parking is free, the movie is free, the popcorn is free....what could be better than that? This is the first year that the boys have been been old enough to go to the movies, and it was nice. It didn't matter that they weren't still or quiet. Next week the movie will be held on the lawn of the Manassas Museum. There isn't anything there to interest them (well, except the movie), so hopefully they will be good. Tonight Daniel spent most of his time on the caboose that is "parked" behind the pavillion.

Tomorrow night also starts the free summer concert series, which we have been going to since I was pregnant with Michael. The first time we went we thought they might be a little hokey, but we ended up enjoying them.

Some other news from the homefront....Bryn seems to be realizing the seriousness of his bad decisions. We have, however, agreed to let him go out with his girlfriend (occasionally) as she finally got her license. We all had a pow wow of sorts today (Bryn, Gwen & myself) and I basically told them my expectations of them, and the biggest thing that I expect from them is honesty. We let them go to the movies this afternoon & then out to eat & Bryn had to be work by 4pm. While we are not condoning his actions, nor are we rewarding them, we do feel that we must let him exercise some freedom as perhaps maybe his bad choices are a result of him not having been afforded these freedoms in the past. I'm praying for the best.