uncle ryan and rattletrap car

papa turned the key, "brmm, brmm, brmm, brmm..."


ethan loved having uncle ryan read to him before bedtime! more pictures from our trip to TN very soon...

seasonal siblings

while posting those egg hunt pictures, i saw the one of caroline propped up with all the eggs and it reminded me of this picture of ethan.... she's about 2 months older than he was in this picture, but i still had to compare them. neither of them could actually sit up yet in these pictures (she's still working on it, actually...), and they're both such seasonal looking pictures. caroline makes faces or does something almost every day that reminds me of ethan, but i usually don't have the camera handy! (no, it's not around my neck all day...).


(pictures from our trip are next... hang on another day or two!)

eggs!

the sheriff's office where pappy works had a spring fling a couple of weeks ago, so ethan experienced his first egg hunt! because nana has been practicing with ethan on finding eggs, he knew just what to do on the big day! :) he was so excited to wear pappy's badge--he thought he was big stuff!! ethan was equally thrilled to see football, baseball, soccer ball, and basketball eggs, and once he found a few of these, he overlooked the traditional colored eggs in pursuit of the boy eggs. ethan helped karina fill her pink basket, and he was also happy to share some eggs with his sister. here's some shots from the egg hunt...

don't worry, daddy!
ethan found these pink ones for me!
karina took this egg inventory thing very seriously
she would NOT let go of her basket! :)
"look at all the eggs my brother found for me!"
karina, just say please, and caroline will share her eggs. :)
how much nutrition is in plastic grass?
grass angels
thanks, nana and pappy, for a fun morning!

nighttime routine

ethan's favorite bath toy right now is this set of floating blocks from papa & grandma joy. not only do they float, but they stick together when they're wet! fun fun!!



here's some pictures from bedtime around our house. you can see that daddy always gets a few more smiles from the kids before they're off to bed. the picture of ethan and me was taken while we were reading, though you can't see the book... his favorite book right now is rattletrap car, which we checked out at the library. what a cute book!! (thanks for the recommendation, kendra!) hopefully i can share more later about ethan's first trip to the library... he loved it!



nite nite!

behind....

i know, i know... i'm behind in my blogging again. my mom and i took the kids to TN this weekend to see my grandmother and brother. caroline also got to meet a few of my dear college friends, and we had a great time... it was a whirlwind trip, and there were several other people we would've loved to have seen either during our visit or on the way, but there just wasn't time. so please forgive me if you're reading this, thinking, "well, i didn't get to see them!" (aunt norma!!) i hope that next time, i can carve out a little more time to spend with everybody.

hopefully, i'll be able to post pictures from our trip soon. i also want to share pictures from ethan's first egg hunt. it was pretty entertaining.

until then, enjoy this picture in honor of my being "behind"... ha. are all you moms out there wondering how these babies were still and patient long enough for the artwork?? what is their secret?? i'm thinking photoshop...


have a great week. it's a beautiful one here!