confession

yep. i'm done with book two. (new moon by stephanie meyer for those of you who missed my other post). interesting reads...though maybe i should take a break until i start #3!

vicarious living

today i helped out a friend and dropped her little girl off at her ballet class. and can i just say...it was so fun! though it only took 2 minutes out of my day...i had a great time! when else do i get the chance to help a cute little girl put on her ballet shoes and send her off to class?!? nope, for us, it's cleats and shin-guards all the way! so thanks for letting me live vicariously and live the girl-dream for a moment! of course, when i see all the cute little hair-do's that these little ballerinas were sporting, i quickly thanked my lucky stars that i have my spiky-haired, cleat-wearing boys to chase around! i wouldn't know what to do otherwise! :)

jumped on the bandwagon

yes...i just joined the millions of you who are already on this wagon...but i have just read the book twilight. and yes, 'just read' is accurate since i pretty much read the whole thing in a day. seriously, what is wrong with me? i couldn't put it down. i held off for so long, always to be the one who didn't want to read it just 'cause everyone else did...but i caved and read and i have to admit, i really enjoyed it. so bring on book two...just give me a minute to recover my house from it's neglected state and hug my kiddos so they know that i love them more than a silly book!

Priceless

So, if a picture speaks a thousand words...how much is this one worth?!?

This is Ethan with his best little buddy...they are so funny together! Seriously, they're getting so fun...kinda into the socializing stage! So instead of completely ignoring each other the whole time they're together...now they copy each other and laugh hysterically at each attempt! If one boy sits on the floor, the other follows and then they both just look at each other and laugh...then they move onto the next exciting action like nodding their heads or something! I LOVE IT! It's so fun to see them growing up! :)

This picture was taken at a friends house when we got together for a b-day lunch! Ethan would not stay out of the study - that's where the piano was - and every so often, he would shut the door and trap himself in. This is a regular game in our house...but it was even better at my friends house because she has the glass study doors! You can just see Ethan yelling for his buddy to go get help!

true love

This is Ethan lately whenever he gets up in the morning. He grabs 'Dog' and 'Key' (monkey) out of the crib and hugs them tightly as I carry the three of them down the stairs. Often, Dog and Key will get kisses on the journey down too! This one particular morning, he stayed on the couch hugging and kissing his buddies long enough for me to grab the camera and snap a picture of his good friends before he was off and running again!

word for word

Well, since I'm on the topic of writing about the things that comes out of my kids' mouths...here's another couple from Garrett...

This morning, I go and wake up Garrett. We're still pretty off-schedule from our trip and the hurricane and the 2 weeks off of school, so we're once again trying to find our morning routine. This week Garrett's been pretty groggy and slow to start in the mornings...but that's okay, it's in his genes...can't get on him too much for that, since I'm sure that's one of my traits I passed onto the kid! :) But today, after he's up and dressed, he goes and lays back on his bed. (Poor guy, I know exactly how he feels!) But I stop him right as his head hits the pillow telling him that there's not time to lay down...and this is what he says to me (not too happily, mind you!)..."You NEVER let me lay down when I want to!!!" Hmmmm...I distinctly remember the night before tucking him into bed over and over again and telling him to lay down and stay laying down! Funny that he doesn't remember that!!!

Then, as we go downstairs for breakfast and I ask him to sit at the table, he grouchily tells me that he is going to go to the bathroom first. I use this time to run upstairs and grab Ethan who is awake and ready for a quick breakfast before we head off to school, but while I'm running up the stairs, this is what I hear "I wouldn't have to go potty if you didn't wake me up." I almost tripped and fell down the stairs I started laughing so hard...I even asked him to repeat it because I was SURE I had heard him wrong...but no, that was complaint #2 against me - word for word. Seriously, I must be the world's most rotten mom! :)

twee....

Okay, so I should be posting about important things right now...but today Ethan started talking up a storm. He'd repeat things on cue and just spout out new words right and left. I'm sure no one else could ever understand him, but since he is the only person I talk to anymore between the hours of 8 am to 2 pm, every single day...I'm getting good at deciphering his developing speech!

Today, I asked him what a bird says (I haven't done this one much, so I figured he'd probably bark like a dog - his favorite animal noise by far!) But instead, he bursts out with the sweetest little 'TWEEEE' ever! It was so cute!

Our other favorite from the last few days is 'Uh Oh!' He knows exactly where and when to say it and has the cutest little sheepish grin when he causes the 'uh oh'! I'm getting a little nervous that this pattern is leading to a very annoying game of him dropping things (or throwing as is usually the case with him) and me picking things up over and over and over and over!!! Oh well, at least it will be some form of exercise for my lazy body...maybe I can add in a few lunges or squats as I'm picking up his toys - I'll be toned in no time!!!