Easter Weekend Part 1:

We started the weekend off by coloring Easter Eggs on Thursday evening as a family. First we went out to dinner with Uncle Brett & Aunt Kelsey (KK). Ethan loves spending time with them so they ate and helped us chase him all over the mall. Afterwards we headed to my parents to color eggs as a family. It is one of our many traditions. It was amazing having all of us there to participate. Trying to get a family picture is always a task. Ethan never looks when needed. Here Ethan is smiling for 1 camera and I smiled for another. Oh well because Ethan looks too cute here.

Time to dye our Easter Eggs. Ethan was interested in this for a little bit.

Ethan pulling out his dyed egg.

Part of the trouble with Ethan coloring the eggs is he thinks the eggs are balls. What does this mean??? That we throw the eggs into the coloring.

Now we are going to paint an egg. Should have made note before doing this that Ethan would want to mix all of the colors into 1 color giving us a lovely brown/green color.

Time for a break from our artist ability. He thought he and Papa could play with some toys for a little while.

Now time to help uncle and KK. Look closely and you will see the blue coloring splattering from Ethan throwing the egg into the coloring.

Ethan decorating and egg with stickers.

Mommy and Ethan decorating together.

My love.

Family eggs.

Ethan's eggs. He actually colored a couple but these were the ones he worked so hard on.

Afterwards he thought he would push his cart around. Nana & Papa bought this last weekend. Ethan loves to push it all over the tile because it makes a lovely sound.

One of Ethan's favorite things. Nana reading to him. Ethan will bring her books all day and ask her to "bead"

Friday night Ethan's 2 cousins stayed the night. Since it was nice they went outside to play. They really enjoyed the sandbox.

I love this picture.

All 3 of them enjoying time together.

Haidyn, Ethan, and Haleigh.

We decided to color more eggs tonight. The girls loved this. Ethan did not want to participate much tonight. He did color a few but I was not able to take many pictures because I was helping everyone.

Final product.

I love having all this family time together. We have all these wonderful things because our Lord gave his only son for us. I hope everyone stops to remember what this weekend is truly about.

We love you all! Happy Easter!

Ethan & Haleigh

Friday night Ethan had the opportunity to play with his cousin Haleigh. I love watching them play together. Haleigh is so helpful with him and Ethan just adores her. Ethan has a tube of toys at his papaw & Mamaw's house. The 2 of them learned the tub was much more fun then the actual toys.

The tube can even act as a car.

Ethan loves chasing his cousin around. He just laughs as she runs from him.

I am so happy Ethan has cousins that are so good with him. When I first realized that all of his cousins were going to be so much older than him I was worried he would have no cousin playmates. I was completely wrong because his cousins love him so much and play non stop with him even though they are so much older. It the end it has been so great because they can really entertain him. Cousins are such a special gifts we have as children. I am so happy that Ethan and his cousins love each other so much.

Play Dough Fun

This week I decided I would introduce Ethan to play dough. He was not real sure at first but ended up enjoying it. He mostly preferred using tools to play with it as he hates having things touch his hands that might get him dirty. It amazes me how big Ethan is. He really likes sitting at the table. This just shows that he is no longer a baby. Breaks my heart a little.

After play dough we had to go out and enjoy the sunshine. Almost every night Ethan ask to go outside or "slide" which is his favorite thing. I bought him a lawn chair this past week so we tried it out as well. Love you all!

Popsicle

With this 80 degree weather we needed a way to cool off. This was Ethan's 1st Popsicle all to his self. He has had a bite or two off of ours but never his own. He loved it. Here are a few pictures of him enjoying his Popsicle. Stay cool everyone and enjoy all the sunshine.

Zoo fun and other things

This weekend we went to the Zoo with the family (Nana, Papa, and uncle). It was amazing to watch how much Ethan has grown since the last zoo trip. He was so amazed with the animals and was on a mission the entire time. It was full speed ahead everywhere we went. The 2 loves of my life. I absolutely love watching my boys together. They are the best of friends and Ethan enjoys every minute he has with his daddy.

Ethan was trying to show us something. We never understood what was so fascinating but he sure was amazed.

Ethan watching ducks.

Ethan and Papa looking at animals together.

Ethan mapping out our adventure.

Petting zoo. Ethan has become so gentle lately and will "nicely" pet the animals.

Uncle following little man. Oh how nice it is to have all the extra hands and legs to chase after him.

After walking/running for awhile Ethan took a ride in his wagon so he could have a snack.

For the past week we dog sat, Sam (our nieces dog). We walked in the kitchen were his cage was and Ethan was just sitting there in the cage. Here are a few pictures of Ethan in Sam's cage

Ethan continues to grow into such an amazing little boy. Everyday I realize a little more how much he is growing into a little boy and is no longer my little baby. I truly miss my little boy who I held and rocked but there are new joys and so many adventures we have with him growing up. He shows me how to play and laugh and be silly everyday. I am truly blessed being Ethan's mommy. Hope everyone enjoys their week and hugs their loved ones a little extra this week.

Birthday Party

This weekend we attended a birthday party for our 2nd cousin, Bo. The party was outside and had moon bounces, a magic show, and snow cones. I was only able to take pictures of the moon bounces due to my camera dying on me. Ethan absolutely loved the moon bounces. He did not want to stop playing on them. It was cold so I kept taking him in and he would not like that at all. Here are several pictures of him playing.

Making new friends.

Oh yes there were slides. Our favorite.

Of course we wanted to play where the big kids were playing. I eventually gave in and took him to the Big slide. It was a little to much with all the big kids but Ethan still loved it.

Mommy helping Ethan.

Ethan had so much fun. It was so cute because we kept saying it was Bo's birthday and Ethan would shout BO. Hope Bo has a great 7th birthday. Ethan sure enjoyed his party and his snow cone on the ride home. (Unfortunately I was unable to take pictures but Ethan absolutely loved his wedding cake snow cone.)

Play Time

Ethan has been sick for over 2 weeks. He is starting to show signs of feeling better. Hoping this is really the case. We are starting to play again which is so nice. Ethan got a tee ball set for Christmas and we had set it back to play with later. I decided to get it out this week. He loves balls and was very interested in playing. The bat was a little heavy for him so he can not really swing it fully yet. Only a matter of time I am sure. Here Mike is showing him what to do. Once he knocked the ball off he dropped the bat. Starting him early to be a ball player. Oh how much Ethan has grown up. It amazes me that he is able to hit a ball and play like he does now. Before I know it we will be signing up for tee ball for real.

Today Ethan wanted to go out and play. I had bought him a lawn mower over the weekend so we took it out to play with. Ethan was beyond interested in pushing it around. Here he is playing with his new lawn mower.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Day.