We tried to teach him to say 'trick-or-treat' but at almost age 2, the only thing on your mind is the candy! Ethan was a pro for his first trick-or-treating experience! He was not shy to walk up to someone's door - he would take just 1 piece of candy - and gently put it in his bucket - and head to the next house! By the end he was so excited he was running all over the place (and touching everything on people's porches). We were out for about an hour, and then we headed back so we could hand out candy at our house for the rest of Beggar's Night.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
AUTUMN
Like Mother Like Son! Mommy and Ethan eating leftover popcorn from the night before for breakfast - that's right, snuggling in the snuggie!
Ethan almost 22 months
A new take on spaghetti - take handfuls and rub it all over your chest and belly and tuck the noodles into your diaper. Then for the finale - the whole tray falls on the floor with noodles and sauce everywhere!
In lieu of carving or painting pumpkins, we decided to create Mr. "Pumpkin" Head! We found a kit at the store of Mr. Potato Head parts intended for pumpkins - we created a scary monster pumpkin! Ethan was NOT happy when we tried to tell him what parts went where...he really wanted the arm to go where the mouth goes (see above) and the mouth was not for the pumpkin - it was for Mommy (see below). We left the pumpkin on the table for a few days to see if he would keep interest in it - and he played with it each day. That left Mommy hunting for all the parts around the house! Saturday the 30th was our 'trick-or-treat' night, so we retired Mr. Pumpkin Head to the front step for everyone to enjoy!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
END OF SUMMER
The Des Moines Farmers Market
For those that haven't had a chance to go to the DSM Farmer's Market...this gives you an idea of what it is like. Lots of people and local vendors for blocks and blocks!
Ethan and Mom's favorite vendor is "Lotta-Pop" popcorn - Ethan is quite protective of his popcorn! Just like his mom...
21 months
More popcorn once we got home - I think all he ate that day was popcorn and french fries!
Posing with the new dishwasher - we are working on getting him to show us his big muscles!
Howdy partner! Yep, this is our son with his purple cowboy hat and purple phone - he has quite the imagination!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
OH, JUST ANOTHER DAY...
We sat down after supper for some serious coloring time. Daddy printed out some SpongeBob pictures and we colored everything - the paper, the chair, the table, mommy....
Here we take coloring very serious...
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And here we think coloring is funny!
Ethan has a new love...licorice. He now actually says "no-no" to M&Ms to get licorice. He also discovered that if you bite off each end, you can blow through it - so then we play with it, drop it, and fight the dog for it. For a treat that is to be mess free...it's quite messy!
Ethan posing in front of the "new" fireplace. Mike re-faced the fireplace a few months ago, and I realized I never got a picture of it! This was as good as I could get with Ethan running around! Next time...a picture with our new dishwasher!
21 months
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