March

Another recap post, I'm slowly catching up.  Here's another picture dump to show you what we were up to in March.

We started our by celebrating a couple of birthdays, my grandma/E's G.G. (for great-grandma) and my aunt Paula's.  Ethan is very into birthdays, and he was especially excited about these because it meant his was next.

Grandma's 88th Birthday

We also enjoyed the warmer weather and re-discovered our backyard.  Ethan's really into playing "sky ball" with Daddy and burying his feet in his sandbox.  I also built a frame for our new raised bed garden and Ethan and I have taken up gardening.  He loves checking on it everyday.  He also loves picking things before their ripe, which is not so awesome.

Being silly in the backyard

Ethan mastered the potty.  He's a pretty awesome kid and got it right away, a few weeks before his birthday.  We're proud.

Potty time

We also added a new member to our family.  We've wanted to get Ethan a dog for awhile and we finally found one at the local shelter that we loved.  His name is Harvey, and while he is definitely trouble, he's been a great addition.

Picking up Harvey to bring him home

We also went to the Austin rodeo.  Well, not really the rodeo so much, but the fair.  We checked out the petting zoo, which kinda scared Ethan.  I don't really blame him, the goats were all up my skirt and the sheep was quite aggressive and kept trying to eat my shoe.  We did find a couple nice animals to feed, though, and then we got out of there as fast as we could.

Feeding the goat.  Or a deer, I can't remember.

At the carnival, we let Ethan ride a few rides.  I didn't think he'd be up for them because he's usually reluctant to try things like this, especially without me, but he had a blast.  He had his buddy, Dax, with him, so I'm sure that helped a lot.

Riding the carousel.

Train ride.

Driving the cars.

 

After getting our fill of rides and fair food, Cory and Ethan tried a few games.  Ethan really liked the one where you try and throw balls into the bowls.

Concentrating

What do you win when you make one in?  A fish.  Not a cute stuffed animal, a live goldfish that I get to take care of.  If you ask Ethan, he won the fish, but his father might disagree.

Carrying his prize

He's been named Fishy Fish, and thankfully he's still alive.

bluebonnets

March is one of my favorite times in Texas, and that is largely because of wildflower season.  I love them, especially now that I can take Ethan out and snap a ton of pictures of him in them.  He is not very cooperative, however.  He refuses to look at the camera most of the time, and real smiles are hard to come by.  I actually took him out to a field near our house twice this year to maximize my chances of getting a few good pictures.

The first trip out didn't provide much.  Here's a couple of sort of cute ones that I got.  The rest were just him running away from me or falling into the flowers.

The second time, we took along one of Ethan's good friends, Dax, and it was much more productive.  The boys had a lot of fun chasing each other around and they were pretty good little models. 

Running out to play

Not quite a smile, but pretty darn cute

His version of posing I guess.

Finally some smiles

And more smiles

Just thinking...

Being silly

I added this one just because I like the zoomed out view of all the bluebonnets.

One of his buddy, Dax.

Exploring together.

So that was our bluebonnet adventure for the year.  Picture overload, I know, but I just couldn't decide.