Sunday, November 1, 2009

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

This is such a wonderful time of year in our home. Both Jeff and I love it and get very in to the holidays. This Halloween was extra fun because Ethan is starting to understand something fun is going on and he gets excited. This year he was a dragon / dinosaur. We didn't see the wings when we bought it so we thought he was a dinosaur.


We went to a church Halloween party on Friday night and then Saturday we spent the day having fun. We went to a fun lunch, made and decorated Halloween cookies to take to neighbors and family, carved pumpkins, and went trick or treating. Ethan loved all of it. He really got in to the trick or treating once he figured it out. He would grab his bag and put it on his arm before walking up to a house, hit the door (his way of knocking) and then when they would offer the candy, he would take it and put it in his pumpkin bag. It was so cute. Then he'd go running for the next one. He loved it! He probably would have gone all night if we had let him. Yay! Mom loves trick or treating and can't wait for next year when we can go all night!


Ethan is off to the races!

Going to his next house









He loves the pumpkins!

















Church party - he got his face painted. Surprisingly he sat still and wanted her to paint his face.




Taylor, Nathan and Ethan




"Let me have my pumpkin!"







Taylor and Ethan playing the cake walk game. Ethan loved it becasue he got to pick his candy.




Starting our Halloween cookies.

Build a Dino

When we went to the Disney Marketplace they had a Build-a Dino (like the build a bear). It was inside a fantastic restaurant that was all dinosaurs. Ethan picked his dinosaur and helped to put his heart (s) - he has two - in, his stuffing in, and then he picked out his clothes, including sunglasses. Danny the Dino's little shirt says "It stinks to be extinct". So cute!

Putting the heart in his new friend.






Checking the stuffing level. It had to be just right.




Introducing, Danny the Dino and Little Ethan



Para Sailing

Jeff and Phillip went para sailing and jet-skiing out in the ocean. Jeff went twice and he said he LOVED it. I can't wait to go back so I can try it!
Starting out. They loved it!


They went SO high up. Some pictures all you can see is a yellow dot... The boat drivers would go real slow and let them "fall" down and drop into the water and then pull them back up into the air.



Saturday, October 31, 2009

Florida

Heading to the water.
Daddy and E playing in the pool.


Beautiful beach with a wonderful sunset.




Our last night - it was super dark out and a guy offered to take our picture, but it kept coming out blurry. But you get the idea.


ARRRRRg.....



Hold em up pirate - I want your gold. Really.

In front of the Lego store.


Ethan was super excited to share his frog with the dog.


Princess castle. Yes, the boys went in to the girly castle.




Ethan and Momma - we are waiting for our food at Rain Forest Cafe. Poor little E is waiting for the Motrin to kick and help him feel better...


Ethan and Momma on the pirate cruise. What a miserable (although I'm smiling, it's one of the few smiles on the whole adventure!) pirate cruise.



Daddy and E on the pirate cruise. This is the beginning when we didn't know how much it was going to drag on forever, and ever, and ever. Poor little Ethan was starting to get more sick and the heat bearing down on him was NOT a good idea. We had no idea this is what our $80 would get us.



Ethan was so hot he was trying to stick his face out of the boat and into the water.




Sweet little boy.


He was so sick he couldn't really enjoy the water, which normally he would have been so excited! But despite not feeling well, he loved going really far out in the ocean with Daddy.

Looking for sea shells.






Pooped after going to Sea World.
Ethan is wanting everyone to see the dolphins. He was so excited and kept pointing, but making sure everyone was looking at what he was seeing.


Dad and E waiting for the Dolphin to start.



Luke and Ethan at Sea World.

We had the best time when we went to Florida! Our poor little Ethan was sick. We think he had some sort of virus and then got over heated. At one point his fever was 104.2. But despite him being sick and my not sleeping (well, one-two hours a night), we had a blast.