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Wordless Wednesday

Some of E's new toys

Well, they're not necessarily new anymore, but Gramma reminded me she never saw pictures, so I thought I'd better oblige her.

We were kind of in a rut in the toy department since Ethan had outgrown all his "baby" toys that he received last Christmas and birthday, and he was getting a little bored in the playroom. Cory and I were at Costco picking up a few things and grabbed a Christmas present for Ethan from us, and picked up a play kitchen that was supposed to be a Christmas present from Nana. We got it home, and Nana decided Christmas was too far away, so we call it his half birthday present. He's a lucky kid.

He loves the thing. It has drawers and cabinets to open and empty, silverware to hide in the couch cushions, buttons to press, and a bunch of fake food to chew on. It also has a stove that knows if you're using the sauce pan or the frying pan and will boil or sizzle accordingly. How smart is that??

We had to hide the telephone for awhile because apparently it was always for me or Cory, and Ethan insisted that we talk to them right that very second or he might throw a fit.


Ethan also LOVES to be outside, so we picked up this baby for cheap on craigslist:

Yeah, I know he doesn't look too thrilled in this picture, but I swear he likes it.

He loves climbing and sliding, so we thought this would be a hit.

See, proof he likes the slide.

Oh, and it also has a steering wheel. He's a fan of steering wheels. We honestly thought he'd play with it a lot more than he does, but he'd much rather carry a stick around the backyard. What can you do?


Last new thing was as much a present for me as it was for Ethan. He absolutely hates when I go in the kitchen to cook and leave him in the gated living room, so we thought maybe he'd like to help. We found a good deal on a learning tower type thing, so we went ahead and got it. Plus, it's collapsible, which is a must in my teeny tiny kitchen.

His favorite thing to do so far is stir. He also likes to have his snack in the tower, which usually gives me time to throw dinner in the crockpot.

Ah, the things they make for kids these days. We'll have to see if we can control ourselves for Christmas because there are so many cool things I'd like to get him.

Happy (very late) Halloween

So, I never blogged about Halloween, huh? Whoops, I'm very sorry. Cory has been reminding me to for awhile now, so I figured I's better get to it so he'll leave me alone ;)

The actual day of Halloween was spent in a very scary place, our terribly unorganized, out of control garage. I spent a good 6 hours cleaning it out, and unfortunately, we never went trick-or-treating. I don't think Ethan really noticed since he had his fill of candy in the weeks before at all of the other Halloween celebrations. We'll definitely be going next year though, since he'll probably know what's going on by then.

He did have plenty of other chances to celebrate his dad's favorite holiday, and of course he got good use out of his costume. The first celebration was a party at a friends house with all his buddies.



He totally rocked his costume and left it on pretty much the whole time. When I was deciding what he should be this year, I first thought that he should carry some kind of stick. The kid really loves long over-sized things like branches, plungers (clean ones of course), and brooms. We settled on scarecrow, and the broom really made him happy.

Next up on our social calendar was a Fall Festival in Round Rock. It was extremely windy and very crowded, but there was a lot of open space to run around in, so E was content.

He played a few games and earned some candy.

He explored with his bud Audrey.

And enjoyed running around the park with his broom.

The day before Halloween, we went to show off his costume to Gramma and Aunt Paula and watched the game.

E and Daddy hanging out on the back deck.

That pretty much sums up our Halloween adventures. We'll have to start brainstorming costume ideas for next year soon. I'll leave you with one more picture of Ethan in his Halloween shirt. He was saying "Boo!"