Wordless Wednesday

Almost!!

How is it this little guy is only 7 days away from being 5 years old????

Homerun!!!

Ethan has been playing t-ball this season and has really been doing a very good job. It has been a lot of fun for the whole family as Eric was the coach for Ethan's team- the Astros. Here are some pics from this season and even a couple of videos of Ethan!! Enjoy :)

Ethan batting (ignore my very loud cheering!)

and running the bases, narrowly avoiding being tagged coming into home!!

Ethan's biggest cheering section- Adalyn and I at a game


It was a fun season. Can't wait to see what we are in for this fall! Ethan is still deciding between soccer and t-ball, we will see :)

What does...

This:

Plus this:

Equal????

Why a summer of fun and exercise of course! At least we hope. We decided to get a bike for me and trailer for Adalyn (Eric and Ethan were already fully equipped) so tha we can hit the trails together as a family.

Wish us luck and pray for safety... especially for me, I'm quite the klutz!!!!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Not Me Monday! What exactly is Not Me Monday? Well it's where I share with you all the things I most certainly did not do this week. Hop on over to Mckmama's blog and check out what others are not doing as well!

• • I did not get the opportunity to share about Jesus with a bunch of 2, 3 and 4 year olds through song and dance and some pretty cool puppet skits during our vacation bible school at church this week.
  • I did not have a blast doing it and am not so thankful that I get to take part in such a ministry!
  • I did not not bath my kids all week long because we went straight from work to VBS and got home so late that I just put them to bed each night- that would be just so gross!!
  • Adalyn is not transistioning to the 2 year old classroom at daycare. She is not growing up that fast. I am not completely sad about that but happy all at the same time.

  Go over to Mckmama's blog and share what you have not done this week as well!!

I have "that" kid...

you know the one. The one that all the teachers at school say "oh no, here comes so and so", yeah that kid. I never thought I'd have that kid. You see, we have been having some discipline problems with Ethan at school lately. It includes him not listening, throwing tantrums ("fits" as they call them at school) and most recently? Why that would be kicking the daycare director!! Ethan can be the most considerate and caring kid most of the time but when he throws a fit he loses himself. Well, after the "kicking" incident, Eric left work to go and talk to Ethan. He claims he was tired.

Guess it means earlier bedtimes for little man!

Surprise visit!!

This weekend we made a surprise trip up to Michigan to visit my family. It was a great time and fun to completely surprise everyone. Ethan and Adalyn just ate up all the time with Grandma and Adalyn just completely blossomed while we were there. Her little personality is really starting to shine and she is the funniest little thing! Case in point:

Adalyn had climbed on top of the picnic table and I told her she needed to get down because she was going to fall. Next thing I know she is giving me this big grin, puts her fingers to her cheeks, sticks out her tongue and starts going Na Na Na while waving her head side to side. It was the cutest thing ever and all I could do was laugh!!

She has also developed a love of animals... as long as said animal is not within 10 feet of her. It does not however keep her from chasing after them! She followed my brother's cat all around his field for the longest time. The cat just played with her- it would lay down till she got close then get up move a few feet away and lay down again only to move as she got closer. I did manage to get some beautiful pictures of her though while she played this game with the cat.

See...

Both kids also did really well on the 8 hour drive to and from. I was a little nervous about the trip home as it would all be during the day and I was worried they'd get bored. They did really well and this was what they looked like about and hour into the trip...

Ethan soon followed Adalyn into dreamland and both slept for almost half the trip! I was impressed and quite relieved :)

Here are some more pictures from our fun weekend- enjoy!

Big Brother sharing his ice cream :)

Whipped Cream fight!!

Hot dog anyone??

Adalyn's newest reaction to asking her to smile for the camera?? Why, stick your finger up your nose of course!!