Update--finally

I haven't been very good at blogging lately so I will quickly sum up what we have been up to. Ethan finished his 2nd year of preschool at the end of May, he has one more year before kindergarten. He really misses all his friends and his teachers. Chloë is learning a lot from Ethan, he tries to teach her letters with the magnets on the door. She is still our little girly girl dressing up, putting on make up, getting her nails done ect. Chloë is now 100% potty trained, she is so proud of it! We are so excited for all the summer activites - swimming, BBQs, the park, and all that other good stuff.

Chloë all dressed up

Ethan can spell his name, mom and dad. He is learning how to spell Chloë

They LOVE dinosaurs, we are so excited to have them at the zoo this summer

Finally getting warm enough to swim, they are our little fishes

Little Artist

Ethan loves to "scribble" on his iPhone and he does some really good drawings. He even takes the screen shots all by himself! We just love watching his imagination at work.

DRAGON

Stegosaurus

SWORD FISH

ETHAN ALSO TOOK THIS PIC OF CHLOË

(I thought it was really cute!)

Dentist

Ethan and Chloë had their first dentist appointments on Thursday. They were SO good while we were there and held still for the x-rays and the cleaning. Neither of them had cavities or any other problems so it was a very good first visit!

Gavin's Birthday Party

On Saturday we went to a birthday party for Gavin who turned 5. He had a "Bug Party" and they had all sorts of creatures for the kids to see- snakes, spiders, lizards, cockroaches, and even a ferret. There was also face painting and a pinata!

Ethan loved holding the geckos

Ethan's spider, he kept forgetting the word "web" and called it a "worm"

Gavin, Ethan, and Chloë with the snake

Chloë's turn with a lizard

Ethan taking a turn at the pinata

And Chloë hitting the pinata

Chloë really wanted a spider on her face so she got a girly version

Easter

Saturday evening after Gavin's birthday party we went to the store and got the stuff we needed to decorate eggs. The kids had so much putting stickers on the eggs and Ethan was trying to make a face on his so it "looks like Ethan"

Sunday morning the kids opened their Easter bags (i didn't have any baskets). They loved their new books the most!

Chloë all dressed up and wearing her new dragon sunglasses

Sunday afternoon we headed to the Farnworths for some yummy Easter dinner. After we ate we went outside to play. Travis made and fire and the kids helped throw sticks on it.

The boys climbing the tree

Silly Girl

Not sure why she was closing her eyes to chew but its pretty cute!

Tangled

A couple of weeks ago we decided to chop off all of Ethan's hair. It was getting to be a lot of work to keep it looking nice and out of his face. Even though he made a couple videos telling mom and dad "no cut the hairs" he was really good through the whole thing and was so excited to have "daddy hair" now. What a handsome boy!

Before

Cutting

All Done!

And by the way: There are no posts about Chloë's haircuts because she has NEVER had one and I don't plan on giving her one anytime soon. She loves her "long long hair" more than ever since seeing Tangled and tells us that she looks like Princess Rapunzel, she will even let Ethan brush her hair while they act out the movie.

Zoo

A couple weeks ago we took advantage of a warm day and headed to the zoo... always a favorite with the kids!

5 Wonderful Years

My Husband

is a man of character

who understands commitment

and does more than his share

to make his family comfortable,

safe, and secure.

I adore him.

My Partner

is a man who is patient,

optimistic, caring and wise.

His sense of humor and support

hold me up when I can't
do it myself.

I am grateful for him.

My Friend

is the only man

with whom I can share

my deepest secrets

and know they'll be safe.

Time with him is always good.

I cherish him.

I LOVE YOU TRAVIS, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Playin with cousin Killian