Chalk drawings

Martin didn't have to go into work today until noon, so all three of us headed outside to decorate my driveway. Ethan really loves to color on paper with a pen so we thought he would also like to color on the driveway with chalk.
I think Martin and I had more fun coloring than Ethan did. The chalk we have is from Easter so it is in the shape of Easter eggs. Ethan just thought they were Easter eggs and just liked carrying them around the driveway. He was so cute and had a lot of fun hanging out outside.

Here is Martin trying to show him what to do with the chalk.

After carrying around the chalk and randomly sitting wherever he felt like sitting, Ethan was soon covered from head to toe with chalk. He was so dirty!

After we were finished we headed inside and Ethan threw a tantrum. He loves being outside and hates when we go back inside after playing outside for a while. He kept crying and trying to get back outside.

I love the spring, summer and fall and I'm so excited that the warm weather is fast approaching. I love being able to spend time outside and it's even more fun with my sweet baby boy! I can't wait to take him camping again this year, he'll enjoy it a lot more than last year!

*Insert theme song here*

I have my very own super hero living in my house.

*Insert Batman theme song here*

My super hero and his side kick Kya.

Every super hero needs someone to play with. Ethan and his best friend.

Growing boy!

Ethan likes to sit with me while I cook dinner and tonight I turned around to look at him and this is him waiting patiently for dinner. I cannot believe how big he's getting. My baby is not a baby anymore.

Bubble Overload

I have a brand new (within the last year) dishwasher but it doesn't seem to clean all that well, which is really sad. So I've been mixing my own detergent so it works a bit better. Well this night I was flustered trying to get my kitchen cleaned and I was tired and I added a bit too much dishsoap and this is what happened... The even more sad thing is this is the third night in a row this has happened. Kacean just happened to get this one on film.

Sad moments

Today we had two sad moments which broke my heart. My sweet baby isn't always the best on his feet having just learned to walk, and if he's in a hurry or not concentrating he tends to slip or trip or fall over. Well today he kept tripping and falling down just the same as any other day. This afternoon he tripped and landed smack on his nose. He's tough so he just stopped for a minute then hopped up and ran off like nothing happened. A few hours later was a different story. He was playing with Kacean and Ber and got overly excited and slipped on my entry way and rammed his head into the corner of my wall. I was in the restroom and I heard Kacean yell for me and when I came out this is what I saw.



My poor baby boy got his first goose egg and it's a honker! I couldn't believe how fast it popped out, it was within a matter of seconds.


This picture isn't great but it kind of shows how much it was sticking out from his forehead.


This picture breaks my heart ... his tear stained cheeks and sad eyes.


But unfortunately, this clumsy streak was not over yet. We left my house about 10 minutes after this nasty fall and headed for my moms house to borrow her tiller. He was running around outside and tripped (again..) and this time hit his forehead in two places on her shed door!! How does that happen? The good thing was he didn't hit the same spot again, it was over just a little bit.

Now this is his forehead with three battle wounds that all happened within an hour! (Don't mind the finger up his nose, it's all he does now days.)




His forehead with all three marks along with his new trick ... today he figured out that TWO fingers can go up his nose at the same time!


Let's hope tomorrow is a more stable day.

Learning bug

Ethan has recently learned and discovered a bunch of new things. Here's a catch up post showing you some of them.


He has finally figured out how to drink out of a straw every time we give him something, not just by accident. He loves straws now!


He just figured out how to color. Before he was never interested, he just liked eating the crayons. He is a lucky boy and got to go to nursery 6 months early because Martin and I are in the nursery and he would just run around while they colored.




A while back he learned how to stack his blocks on top of each other without help. He likes to balance blocks and army men on his drum. The army men have to be standing though or it drives him crazy. There are some army men that lay on their stomachs and those ones drive him the most crazy, he can't get them to stand up.




He's also getting really good at drinking out of a regular cup! He has one in the bathtub and that is pretty much the only thing he plays with.


He decided that he actually likes to watch movies now and they hold his attention. He has also been watching a movie that teaches infants and toddlers to read. So, he's also learning how to read!


Unfortunately he also discovered that his finger fits up his nose. He loves picking his nose. What a goofball.




And finally, Kacean taught him to love chocolate mousse.

Thanks Kacean.

Spring is FINALLY in the air!

I think the title of this post says it all. I think spring is FINALLY in the air!

My tree is blooming and my tulips are finally blooming! I'm so excited.


Ethan even ran around in flip flops the other day. I have my flower seeds and cold vegetable seeds all ready to plant, I just need to till my garden! That's what I hope to accomplish this week.



I hope everyone is enjoying this nice weather as much as I am!

New Baby

This is a picture of my brother Trevor, sister in law Amy and my nieces Kylie (the one on her mom's lap) and Katie (Trevor's holding her). Last Saturday they welcomed a new baby girl into their family! I officially have three sweet nieces. She was born April 18th around 8:30 in the morning weighing in at a whopping 7lbs 3 oz and 20 inches long. Congratulations Trevor and Amy!



Kylie and Katie



New baby Lacey Kristina Nielson! Welcome to the family sweet angel.

Before .... after

It is that time of year again, when Martin says goodbye to his winter coat. Every fall he starts growing his beard out so his face is warm during the winter. When it gets all nice and warm outside, he says goodbye. He always looks shockingly different, but we get used to it after a few days. It'll help when he cuts his hair too.

So here we go:



Before



In the middle




After the beard was gone



The final after. It's a little short, but it'll grow back pretty quickly.



Ethan was so funny after he cut it off. We had Ethan watch him cut it so he knew it was still his dad. He looks at Mart and giggles and looks away. What a goofball.

New Blog

I've decided that I'm going to start a new cooking blog! Hopefully I'll be good at updating it, but no guarantees. If you want to check it out, it's kelsies-kitchen.blogspot.com.

I'm working on putting up a few posts today on things I already have pictures of. Let me know what you think.