Ethan's Free. (Three, that is!)

Ethan turned 3 on December 22nd.

He LOVES Peppa Pig...hence the pig family on his cake. The figures came the 21st in the mail, from the UK. Just in the nick of time. I made his cake this year....and it turned out pretty well. Everyone was pooping rainbows the next day. Kidding about that. Maybe.

We gathered a small crowd here at our home and celebrated him. He's a kamakazie, not afraid of anything, and a snuggly little boy. He'll get up in the middle of the night and crawl into bed between Mike and I, or the other night he crawled up into Austin's bed and snuggled with him. He crawls on the countertops to get my candy from the cupboards that I can't hide from him anymore. He responds to "dame un beso" which I love, and loves to drive Mario Kart on the wii so he can run into the cows. He hollers "tractor" whenever we pass one while we're driving in the car. He loves building things with the Magna-tiles and Brio train sets....and is a little helper around the house when I'm cleaning or putting things away.

That's Ethan!

We love him so!!

Polaroid Dump

Nature

Mommy Nature has been showing off lately...blessing us...

...with gorgeous sunsets,

...pinkish-purplish skies,

 ...and a full moon.

3 pics | November weekend

Our first November weekend.


It was laid-back, but busy. If that makes sense.


Austin started basketball Saturday morning.
He's pictured here with his 'best buddy' Ryan.
I'm not sure what they're talking about...but I like how they are sitting on their basketballs, together, side by side, a bit removed from the whole basketball thing...maybe talking about Austin's loose tooth or how someone is dribbling the ball. He claims to not remember. Or maybe he does but doesn't want to share. I dread that day. The not sharing....


We dug into the pumpkins for some late carving. I surprised Austin with a candle in his Jack-O-Lantern and he loved it. My angel is a nice touch, don't you think?


Then on Sunday Austin found a caterpillar, and had to run up to his room to get his puppet caterpillar to show me they are alike. He wanted a picture. I should have known.