Safe From the Big Bad Wolf in his Stick House

Ethan has been sick and then the cold weather hit. We have been going stir crazy! I am so thankful he is better and we got out and played on this sunny.

At the Tree Farm

Snow Day

Monsters!

Ethan loves art. Lately he has been wanting to use scissors to construct (or deconstruct) paper, fabric, yarn....you name it.  I haven't seen him draw in awhile. I am so impressed with his monsters! He had so much fun drawing these.

Making Morning Pizza

Our Tiny Tiger is a Yellow Belt

Ethan demonstrated his Star Blocks, a sequence of moves including Crane Stance, and how to react to stranger danger. We are super proud!

Sitting like a black belt after receiving his new belt

Tying on his new yellow belt

Pikachu loves karate too!

The Graduates

Christmas is Coming

Ethan's Barber Shop

Post from Uncle David

Ethan received post from Vietnam!  His Great Uncle David is traveling in addition to living abroad so Ethan has never met the special sender. We hope and dream that maybe one day we will be able to visit him.

Crafts with Grammy

Grammy and Grampy brought a set of looms and yarn for Ethan when they visited for Thanksgiving. They worked together to make Grammy a flower.

Sushi and Santa

After taking pictures with Santa, Ethan had his first conveyer belt sushi. He kept calling the chop sticks pork chops. Haha:)

Driving!

Left behind by a resident, suped up by Daddy. This pink jeep runs on rechargeable drill batteries. Ethan loves it!

Auntie E's Visit

We took Auntie E to the Children's Museum while she was here. On a rainy Saturday afternoon it was ka-ray-zay! Luckily the rest of her visit was not. We had a lot of fun with her!

Learning is a Lifestlyle

Ethan has begun preschool and he absolutely loves it!

Ethan is holding the puppets he made the first week of class

Building robots with Dad

We made an erupting volcano

Building a House

Decorating for Thanksgiving

The Big Night

We kicked off Halloween with a little pot luck dinner in the clubhouse. Coleson was an adorable pirate. Isabella was a sweet little white kittie. We trick or treated for a couple of hours and Ethan got a lot of comments on his Voltron costume especially the backpack that opened and closed to hold his candy. He still wants to add more decorations to our house. He was upset this morning when I wouldn't buy him a smoke machine.  I can only guess how many turkeys we will be making in the coming weeks....

Made with love by Daddy

Showing off the "rotten teeth" apples that were part of our potluck

Mummy Dogs

Pumpkin Patch Birthday Celebration

Brownies and a trip to the pumpkin patch with Grandma and Papa make for a great day!

The Week of Mom's Birthday

After getting my new drivers license, Ethan also wanted a picture.

Auntie E made this yoga matt strap.  I can't wait to begin Yoga teacher training!

A transporter that takes you back to the olden days:)

This is a tracing of Ethan's body. He drew the things that are found inside his body (plus 2 eyes, a smile, rosy cheeks, and a sun) after this week's s.t.e.a.m. lesson.

We Love Halloween!

Our once-cute monster pumpkin is quickly becoming a ghoulish mold experiment!

Happy Birthday Grampy!

Grampy gave Ethan flashing, glowing skeleton lights.  Ethan is beyond excited about Halloween and decorating. These are really fun in his room.

Garden Gnome

Mushroom Hunter

Can you find the mushroom? 

With Dad

Trimming Daddy's beard, wearing his new shades. Ethan picked them out and he loves them. He looks especially great in them when he wears his karate uniform.

Cookies made in the ninja turtle oven

The Angry Hamburger

By coloring a Halloween picture at the store, Ethan was given an awesome prize which is a build-your-own airplane kit! They been super fun to build and they fly really well. This one was made using a template and Ethan's original drawing of an angry hamburger. Haha:)

Celebrating with Papa Dan

We are thankful Papa Dan could visit for a few days! During the visit he made me a birthday cake. Birthday month!!

The cake that Papa made

Papa took us out to Mod Pizza for our first time

DQ break while walking on the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail