EASTER EGG COLORING

We had to miss out on VEISHEA activities in Ames this year due to windy weather....so we improvised and found a different fun activity.....

Daddy bought a 'spin art' Easter egg coloring kit - so we figured this would be the cleanest way to dye eggs with a 2 year old! Especially since he wanted to do it himself!

We had a plastic bunny bag that you were supposed to use to take the egg out of the machine. Mommy started off doing this, until Ethan decided to take charge!

He was really good about getting it out and putting the eggs back in the carton!

Happy Easter from the Dean's! :)

HIATUS COMPLETE

I'm back! After a month hiatus, I have returned to the blog. I have found my new energy - Spring is here! We have been juggling our schedules and trying to stay a step ahead of our 2 year old. Unfortunately, our life just isn't that exciting any more (not that it really was before) - but the pictures seemed to be the same ol', same ol'. Plus, I would forget where I put the camera.

So, my hope is to be back weekly or every other week now that we have a variety of things to do with nice weather.

Next weekend is VEISHEA at ISU - parade, yummy food, and the Spring Cyclone football game. Then Easter....then Jessi's graduation....then the DSM Farmers Market opens back up....then Mother's day (Mike, this is a hint to start your creative thinking)....then Daddy's birthday....then our long Memorial Day weekend. LOTS going on here in the next few months!

Now....if I could only find those little cleaning fairies to do some Spring cleaning! Enjoy the new pictures and posts!

OUTSIDE!

Being a 2 year old, Ethan is really good at throwing a tantrum! Any time he is outside and has to go inside - whoa, watch out! So, before we went out today, we had a little chat... Ethan, listen to mom for a minute (as I have done the little 'mom clap' of my hands to make my subtle point), we will go out and play, but when it's time to come inside, you just need to come inside - don't get mad, ok? Ethan (copying my body language - the little clap of my hands and sarcastic head nodding-with a smirk) - o-tay mom, GO! And he runs to the door with his arms flailing in the air. So, what happened when we came inside??? I'll let you use your best guess.....

SLIDE!!!

The slide is his favorite - even at water parks!

Up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down.......

2 years old

THE DOG...

Is Maggie a Friend or Foe?

Is ETHAN a friend or Foe???

(Ethan is trying to use a chip clip to clip Maggie's ears up)

Always eating....sometimes!

Mmmm, yogurt. One of Ethan's favorites - until he discovered ice cream.

Eeewww. Gucky. We have heard this a lot lately! Sorry to the spaghetti fans, but he has moved on from that (at least the last time we served it) - he didn't touch it - it was 'gucky.' New favorites - chocolate milk (even if it's 90% white milk, with a chocolate milk topper, he is totally content), hot dogs, french fries, chips and carrots (with a bit of dip), and mandarin oranges. Forget macaroni and cheese or eggs (at least at home - he eats everything under the sun at daycare!).

Oh yes, and did I mention that he loves popcorn! I brought home the 'leftovers' from the movie theatre and he was all over it! I have to make popcorn after he goes to bed if I want a chance at having at least a bite! He is not his mother's child at all! ;)

Age 2 :)