Preparing for Xmas

Ethan loves to help now. He was helping Dave get the tree ready...he helped with both trees.



Ethan even decorated his very own Xmas tree is his room. Complete with colored lights!

"Big Boy" Room

We have been working on Ethan's "Big Boy" room for a while now. It is not quite finished yet. I just need to add the finishing touches now, all the decorating. And, of course, it is the truck theme!







Ethan is even napping in there now. We are still working on the whole night time thing.

Thanksgiving 08

We had Thanksgiving at our house like we have for the past few years. We like to get a lot of the cutting out of the way the night before. Ethan was the big helper this year. He helped with the potatoes, squash, and the beans.















I think they were both amazed at the turkey!! lol...................everything came out so good and it was a very nice day. We had our whole
family(mostly) here.


PHOTO SHOOT

Just before Thanksgiving we had gone on a nature walk and had a mini shoot. Here are some of the shots that we got.

Halloween Festivities

This Halloween We had some fun things we did for the holiday. Ethan and Mommy made a fun Halloween project. Ethan made a Frankenstein puppet and Mommy made a Bat headband for trick or treating.
We also, painted some of our smaller pumpkins.....................

Then for the day before he dressed up as an Old Navy Sales Associate! And we carved a Jack-O-Lantern .

Then for the big night he was all dressed up as the cutest little Frankenstein ever! We went trick-or -treating and Ethan thought he was supposed to go into the house. He just wanted to go in everyones house. We had a fun night seeing all the other kids running around and Ethan was so excited this year. He was not the biggest fan of having to put the costume on like 4 times.

More Autumn Fun!

Petting the goats at Stowe Orchards, they were a bit on the crazy side.










Some of the horse were a little feisty!

2nd Place!!

On Friday..October 17, 2008, Ethan was in a cute kid contest. He came in 2nd!! He really was so cute. He was a bit shy but that was to be expected. We had waited for like 1.5 hrs until it was his turn so he was getting tired. Then when we went onto stage he just wanted to look at the trophies. He was waving to Daddy and his brother from up on stage. He now moves onto the States which is in April.

Pumpkin Patch

On Sunday we all went to a farm to get pumpkins. Ethan seemed to love all the pumpkins. We went on a tractor ride to the corn field. They had a huge corn maze. Ethan was the leader in the maze and kept taking us off trail. We pretty much went in a big circle and only found 1 checkpoint. He still had fun and wanted to stay in there until he realized we could go back on the tractor. It was such a nice day for walking the fields.

DPW Day

On Saturday, we took Ethan to Worcester's Department of Public Works day. It was so up his alley! Every truck and tractor and other machinery imaginable was there. Kids were allowed to go up inside and explore them all. They could sit and touch all the buttons and blow the horns. He was a bit reluctant at first but after the first one he was just fine and wanted to keep going in them.

Woodstock Fair

Every year we go to the Woodstock fair..Ethan is now at the age where he can enjoy everything. We went on a Friday that way it wasn't so busy. It was nice and warm out and actually it was our 1st outing as a family of FOUR!! We got to see a lot of animals....some tractors....Ethan explored the hay maze....watched the go karts, and a crash!

Checking out the chickens, turkeys, rabbits...etc. It was rather noisy in there with the roosters crowing!
















Went on an elephant ride and was telling it go UP!!

For the love of DIRT!

After having some dirt delivered to our house, Ethan just had to get his hands on it. He grabbed his shovel and wheel barrow and went to work. He was moving the dirt little by little to the back of the driveway. He was the big helper with Daddy!

Big Brother!

Ethan is now a Big Brother. He is so sweet with his brother Aiden. He likes to kiss his lips , cheeks, hands , and feet. He even tells me when to kiss him. He is still adjusting a bit to not being able to climb on him and to be gentle with him but has been very good overall.


I look forward to them growing up close and becoming great friends!

Happy 2nd Birthday!!

On Sunday August 17, 2008 we had Ethan's 2nd birthday party. We had a a whole truck and construction theme this year. It was such a nice day, couldn't have asked for better. The whole day was so fun.

















Ethan had fun playing with friends in the sandbox, in his playhouse, in the pool and seeing his family.On Tuesday August 19, 2008, his real birthday, we had his favorite meal. Kielbasa, cheesy rice and wax beans. We gave him a present from us and then had some ice cream cake. Tomorrow he will get an even bigger present!! He will be a BIG BROTHER!!

More Summertime Fun

Ethan decided one night he wanted to wear his swim trainer around the house. He doesn't really wear it in the pool but wanted to wear it then. And of course his beach hat that he loves!! He looks like a little muscle man.........
Last week a traveling circus came to town. We had been telling Ethan about it beforehand and all he wanted to see was ELEPHANTS. We got there waited in the line to enter the big tent. The show had trick dogs, a clown, trapeze artist, contortionist..................NO ELEPHANTS!! He was not happy and still has a problem that they weren't there.