Under the Table...

...and EATING. Never a dull moment with Doodles!

Playtime...

The things we girls do when Ethan is at school!

Daphne loves her jewlery making kit! Thanks Auntie Tiffy!

Hide N Seek...

I wonder where Daphne could be?!

Our Little Minnie Mouse...

Daphne and the real Minnie Mouse have a few things in common...LOVE of cheese and pink & poka dots!

Monkey Joes...

We wanted to do something special the weekend of Daphne's party...unfortunately the weather did not cooperate in order to go to Sesame Place!

When the weather is not soo nice we head off to bounce & climb to our hearts content...releasing some energy as to not destroy the house. We have 2 highly energetic children! Ethan's soo fast he is hard to get photos of!

Enjoying the Outdoors

Ethan & Daphne LOVE to be outside!!

Work In Progress...

Please forgive me...my blogging the past 4 months has been obsolete...I am trying to be diligent and getting up to speed...the method to my maddness--to start with the present and work backwards...so don't forget to look back in the upcoming weeks to catch up on the rest of May, June, July and August...

Preschooler...

Our little man is now a preschooler! Ethan is attending Cedarville Nursery School 2 mornings a week. He has been soo proud to wear his BATMAN backpack.

Ethan had his open house night last week where Mommy, Daddy and Ethan went to greet the teachers and he had a little scavenger hunt to get acquainted with the toys...the teacher handed him the paper he turned handed it to me and ran for the toys...I had to redirect him...when he had to find the doll house he looked at me puzzled and said it wasn't important--he would never need to know where it was... At each point he had to peel off a sticker and put it on his sheet...he preceeded to grab the entire sheet of stickers then throw the remaining ones---really where did he learn this barbaric behavior?! I am happy to say that although the scavenger hunt did not go as well as I had hoped...he played nicely with all the other boys and girls and even hugged one of his teachers goodbye.

This week was a success as well. Ethan marched right into the building with NO FEAR and no tears. Other than the inital argument on the way to school that he was NOT wearing a name tag because HE knew his name and did not need a reminder!

We are enjoying his recap of the day already...the school gives us a written update outside the building of what went on so we have discussion points. Today when I asked Ethan about the craft he said that he did not do one...really?...that is not what the memo board said, Ethan...."i don't like crafts"...so Ethan does that mean that YOU did not participate??? "something like that".... ohh boy! We have already discussed that Mommy wants his master pieces for home...so he better start liking crafts..."ok....as long as I get to use paint...they were just using pencils today!"

We hope he has a great learning experience this year. I love his teachers and the environment. He is in a PLAY based program so it should definitely be up his alley! We are soo proud of how Ethan is adapting to preschool! We can't believe how grown up he is getting!

Swingset Construction...

Jimmy, Grandpop, Ethan, and Uncle Tommy have been busy...it turns out putting a swing set together is NOT simple...especially when your yard is not level! Lucky me...I only had to order it! Ethan was soo excited to "help" out. He put almost as many hours into it as Jimmy...I think the final hour count was in the 20's. Daphne is thrilled and is known to yell "higher" at all times on the swings! She has turned out to be quite the dare devil...I thought only one child per family was supposed to be like this...I guess monkey see monkey do...and now she is MORE daring than our first monkey!

Big Girl...

Daphne has recently realized that she CAN climb OUT of her crib...now she has a toddler bed... unfortunately we find her ROAMING around often! We just can't keep her in one place. She can quickly and quietly out smart all child proofing! (Yes, she has evenly mastered overly tightened 5 point harnesses in car seats & strollers---and she doesn't even have to undo the latches---she basicly subluxes her shoulders to free her arms then uses her trememdous upper body strength to lift out the rest of her body!) I think we will set up an audition for the circus!

Happy Anniversary, Honey!

Jimmy and I enjoyed a night out to the Kimberton Inn to celebrate our 9 year wedding anniversary. Jimmy is an amazing husband and father and I am soo lucky that he is mine! Thanks Grandmom & Grandpop for taking the kids!