Lowes Kid Build

I posted a while ago about Ethan going to Lowes and building stuff every couple of weeks. Here are a couple pictures of him building his school bus a couple weeks ago. He thought it was great fun! Last week he made a drum all by himself! Mart held the pieces together while Ethan hammered away. He's getting the hang of the hammer and is getting pretty good at it!

Little Booger

Ethan is such a little booger. He loves to get into things he's not supposed to, just like all other kids. For like a week straight, all he wanted to do was pull my couch apart. He thought it was great fun.





He also is a kid that doesn't really like to play with toys, but play with things like rocks, sticks, playing cards, toothbrushes, wires, buttons, and anything weird seems to catch his interest. Well Mart was using one of those flossing/toothpicks and Ethan thought that was the neatest thing he'd ever seen so Mart started picking Ethan's teeth and he couldn't get enough of it! He thought that was so fun!


The last week and a half I have been sick and Ethan and I have been sharing it all week. Over the weekend, Mart woke up with Ethan in the morning to let me sleep in and when I woke up they were both crashed on the couch.


And finally, I made grilled herb butter corn on the cob from our garden and Ethan thought it was great! I don't know if he just liked that he could hold it and make a mess or if he actually thought it tasted good. Who knows. Cute little monster.

Accident Prone

I'm not even kidding when I say this, but I swear this kid NEVER sits still. Not that I'm saying I would rather him be lazy than active, but a little break once in a while would be nice. We are a little worried that he might be getting ADHD already!! Geez. (Okay, not seriously worried, but it's crossed our minds before). When we take him to nursery, all the other little kids will sit down on their chairs or on their little carpet mats when it's singing time or lesson time..but not Ethan. He runs circles around the room during these times. He just can't sit still.

Well because of how active he is, he tends to get himself hurt every now and again which makes me a little worried for the future when his accidents get worse.

Today while I was in the bathroom he started crying pretty hard so I ran out to check on him and he was laying flat on my couch with a little box shelf I have on my wall laying next to him. I picked him up and saw a cut under his eye and a goose egg on his forehead. Poor kid. The good thing is, he really is a tough kid and he can take a lot. A little snuggle and a kiss and he was one his way again.



Ethan snuggling his blanket after his little spill.

Ethan

Ethan is turning into such a little boy. He's no longer my baby. Sad. He LOVES to play in his room. If he had to pick anywhere besides his room to play, it would be outside. He likes to crawl up the steep stairs to get to his room any chance he can get.



He also learned a new trick. He learned how to open his bedroom door. That's not a very fun trick when he lives at the top of a steep staircase.



When Ethan was born he was given this cute quilt with farmers and animals on it. He loves to sit and look at it and point out all the animals on it and say what they are and make the animal noise that goes with them. His favorite is the duck.


I think he can find every single duck on the entire quilt. Thanks Trish for the cute quilt! Ethan loves it

Peek-a-boo

Ethan and I were playing in his room a couple days ago, and while he was hiding in the closet, he found a package of dried up baby wipes. He thought it was great fun to pull them out one by one and shove them into his closet.


After he got tired of that, he noticed that he could hide behind the closet doors. He also realized that we could play peek-a-boo!




He thought this game was great fun.

Tarzan

My little Tarzan

Maybe this is a sign that he watches this movie too much. :)

Slightly mean, but pretty funny

I know this is a little mean, but it cracks me up at the same time. As you can hear, Mart and I are giggling through the entire video. Ethan doesn't seem to mind, in fact, he rather enjoys it. I think he would do pretty much anything, as long as his daddy was playing with him. They are best friends.

Ethan is such a goof ball, and he's been so much fun to have around. (Okay, with a few exceptions. He's been so whiny lately and I have no idea why. I hope it's just a faze that he will grow out of.) I love that he's in my life and for all the joy he brings to me and Martin.

"Cheese!"

Lately, every time I have been getting out the camera, Ethan's face is right up in it. I don't know if it's the new edition of an external flash I had to add because my built in stopped working, or if he's just reached the "cheese!" stage where kids love to have their pictures taken with a crazy look on their face. Whatever reason he does it for, it cracks me up. Here are a few "cheese!" moments from the last few days.







These next two happen to be double cheese faces! Cottage cheese and "cheese!".

Window

Just about every time Ethan is playing in the living room and I look in on him, this is what I see.

The cat is usually fast asleep in this same spot. He loves to copy the animals.

Workshop

Ethan still loves his workshop! I'm sure part of it is that Mart is outside working too. I bet he would stay out there all day long if I let him ... and he would come in the house covered head to toe in chalk dust. His favorite thing out there at the moment is the chalkboard that is as tall as he is. He won't draw on paper with crayons, but he sure likes huge chalkboards!


"I'm this tall..."



He loves drawing on chalkboards, especially if they are as big as he is!


He drew a heart all by himself. Of course, I had to take a picture.