SUMMER NAP

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

We headed to Ames for our annual tradition of watching the fireworks on the 4th of July. Our good friends, Matt and Mo, joined us this year. Ethan was all about being like Dad - mostly because Dad was in control of lighting the sparklers and such. He even had to sit on the tailgate just like Dad! This kid is just always on the go - until we force him to sit (like in the car seat), then he is out! He slept in until 9:30 the next morning.

The night before we had done some sparklers and snakes out on the deck...what a blast (no pun intended)!

Look Mom! I'm not afraid!

Ooooohhh - 2 at once!

NOOOO! Again! (the sparkler burnt out and he wasn't happy when that happened!)

'cank u' (thank you) - he says

Daddy finally got Ethan to understand that you need to wave it around a little bit - that is until he waved it a little too hard and burned a hole in Dad's shirt! hahaaha! (No one was hurt, so we can laugh)!

We really had to emphasize - NO TOUCHING - so he poked the flaming snakes with his burnt out sparkler. Hey, we are trying to go for 'parents of the year' ok?!

FREE HAIRCUTS

Ethan has been blessed with his parents' thick, fast growing hair...it's ridiculous what we spend on haircuts for a 2 year old! So, Mike - my creative, confident, and spontaneous husband - decided to venture out and buy some clippers so he and Ethan can play 'Barber' in the middle of the living room. And being the prepared father that he is - he bought suckers too!

It turned out well! We will see how this goes in the future.....