8 months old!

Just a few of the places I am exploring now that I can get around.

  

Hanging out while the big brothers take swim lessons. 

One of my favorite things to do, put anything I can get my hands on into my mouth.

Having fun, this time the big brothers are golfing.

I'm finding it hard to believe that Ethan is 8 months old already.  I'm enjoying being home with him this summer to watch and see how fast he is growing.  He has figured out a true crawl.  He doesn't have any teeth yet, but he is working on them.

In the past month he enjoyed his first movie.  He went to see Cars 2 for the twin's 5th birthday.  He slept through most of the movie.  He also slept through his first fireworks.

Just in the past couple of days he has started trying to pull himself up on furniture.  Watch out Thomas and Michael here he comes.

Thomas and Michael turn 5

Thomas decorating his birthday cake!

Michael decorating his cake!

Future chefs?

Michael's finished cake.

Thomas' cake.

The birthday boys!  Best of friends, most of the time.

Playing angry birds with dad.

It's hard to believe that the twins are already 5 years old.  They enjoyed a great birthday.  We took them to see Cars2.  

They will be going to school in the fall. They are going to be in the booster K program at the local elementary school.  It is program designed for students who are old enough for kindergarten, but not ready.  They are super excited to start school. 

We are all excited to see what adventures the next year will bring for Thomas and Michael.

4th of July

 Thomas and Michael crashed out on the couch after a busy morning of watching chicken roulette, mud volley ball, prachuters jump, and playing at the playground.  What is chicken roulette you ask?  Well let me explain.  Their is a large board on the ground with spaces marked with numbers.  This large board has a cage over the top. Everyone picks a number, then a chicken is put into the cage.  Everyone watches while they wait for the chicken to poop.  If the chicken poops on your number, then you win a prize!

 This is how Ethan 'watched fireworks'

It took a lot of convincing to get Thomas and Michael to even come with us to watch the fireworks.  They were afraid they would be too loud.  We finally got them to come with us, with the condition that they could watch the fireworks from the car.  While it was still light out, they enjoyed playing in the field in front of us. They even enjoyed a few of the fireworks that others were setting off.  But as time drew closer and closer to the City's display, they decided they wanted to go to the car.  Initially they weren't even going to watch from the car.  Since I felt like a terrible parent sitting out side watching the fireworks with my kids hiding in the car, I checked on them often.  The picture above is of them watching from the car.

All in all a great day was had by all.  We were very lucky to spend part of the day with David's parents and sister Crystal, and my sister Danielle.

Man on a mission!

Check out this video of Ethan's version of crawling!

He now has no problem getting where he wants!  I'm preparing myself to hear the constant chorus of "Ethan, no" as he tries to 'play' with his big brothers.