What a goofy kid!

   What is it with kids and their parents shoes? Ethan loves to put on Jake’s shoes and walk around. Sometimes he even likes to wear mine. His favorite pair seems to be Jake’s hunting/house building boots. I think he likes them because they are as tall as his legs so they stay on when he tries to walk around.

Also, I just thought I’d show you how Ethan spent the day today. He woke up a little early and has not been in the greatest mood for most of the day. This is one of the few calm and quiet times I have had today and it only lasted about five minutes. He is sitting under the desk where I am usually working on the computer. In case you couldn’t tell, the book he is reading is a thesaurus and the other one is a dictionary. I guess he is trying to expand his vocabulary…

Later in the day after he had taken a too short nap (and by that I mean he was still in a bad mood), we had to run over to the house to help Jake make some decisions about faucet placement etc. Ethan did not want to go. He didn’t want to get his shoes on, or go out to the car, or get in his carseat. But once we got in the car he saw a half full bag of Cheetos from a few days ago and immediately he was better. This is what he looked like when he got done.

 

He was such a mess and it probably spoiled his dinner appetite, but hey, it was the happiest he (and I, for that matter) had been all day!

Random Ethan House Pictures

These are just some random pictures of Ethan from times when we have been working on the house. He has actually been a pretty good little helper and has been a total trooper putting up with all this chaos.

 

8/2/2007 Taken by Grandma Sandie just a few days into framing

 

8/12/2007 Another good one by Grandma Sandie. It was very hot during August when we started building and I think he was just doing what we all wished we were doing.

 

9-2-2007 This was the day after we put on the roof trusses and everyone was exhausted. In this case, I think the shirt is very fitting because his batteries were definitely dead.

 

9-26-2007 Ethan takes after me and loves to stick his tongue out in pictures. For awhile there, as soon as he saw a camera he would stick out his tongue. He also likes to look and make sure I am sticking mine out too.

 

10-23-2007 These are the leftover parts of the pillars used to hold up the front porch. Ethan loves to lay on them, crawl all over them, and also draw pictures on them.

 

11-6-2007  We got him this bike so he would have something to do while we were working. He loves to ride it all over the dirt in the backyard and cruise through the house on the nice smooth cement. He also loves to wear his construction helmet around.

 

2-16-08 Our wonderful soon-to-be neighbors got Ethan this tonka truck for Christmas. She said they kept watching him play in the dirt and thought he could use a nice big truck. Boy was she right, he loves to fill it up with dirt and rocks, then drive it away and dump it out. We were very surprised and appreciative of their thoughtfulness. Oh, and that funny face is what he does now when you tell him to smile for the camera. What a nutball! 

Ethan and Bronco

Every day while I am working, Ethan plays by himself out in the living room or his bedroom. In the afternoons I lay out our big black pillows so that when he gets tired he can just lay on them and go to sleep whenever he wants to. Once it gets really quiet, I know he has fallen asleep and go out to check on him. Thursday afternoon I walked out to see the cat jumping up on the pillow. Usually I would shoo the cat away so he doesn’t wake up Ethan but I thought I would wait to see what happened. I went back to the computer and came out a couple minutes later and this is what I found. I thought it was so cute I just had to share.

 

Luckily our cats have always been amazingly tolerant (and cuddly) with Ethan