The library, what a great place for a kid that loves books. It's close by and free! They also have legos if you get bored with the books.
Reading Thomas the Train (he likes to mimic the faces of the trains)
Enjoying our new favorite treat, a popsicleYesterday was a drizzly afternoon/evening for us. That didn't stop us from going outside to burn off some energy after dinner, it made it more fun! Daddy played baseball while Ethan colored with wet chalk.
He was very excited about his drawings
No, we have not decided to put Ethan in daycare (besides the fact that we couldn't afford it) my mom is still very happy with watching him and we are very grateful not to have to bring him to a stranger for 5+ hours a day. But, we did take Ethan to the church daycare/Sunday school for the first time last Sunday. After a year and a half we finally ran out of excuses, gathered all our courage, pushed all anxieties aside and brought him to church. We were convinced he would cry/scream/push other kids to the point that we would have to get him about 5 minutes into the service, but we were ready.
I got all of his belongings tagged with his name (this only consisted of a small bag, 2 diapers and a cup, a relief compared to what we usually lug around). We made a hard decision to leave his one comfort item, "Zaza" in the car rather than risk loosing it. When we first walked into "Noah's Ark," the name of the daycare building, Ethan was a bit nervous. He tried his infamous climb onto Mama's back. Once he was checked in we let him down to run to his classroom and his nervousness faded. I walked with him into his classroom and he went straight to the toys which gave me a perfect opportunity to sneak out.
When you bring a child to the child care facility they are given a name tag, the parents are given a matching tag, both with a number on it. If the volunteers need you to pick up your child during the service, the number is displayed on screens in the different worship centers. It's a great way to communicate with the parents while not being too disruptive to the service.
After all the worry, not a single number was displayed on the screen. Ethan survived his first experience in Sunday school! When the service was over we went (quickly) to go get him. When we got to his classroom door, he was standing at a little table with 4 or 5 other kids watching the teacher pull out animals and place them on the table, his back was to us and his little name tag was pinned to the hood of his shirt. I wish I had taken a picture because it was one of the cutest things I have ever seen. I can't even describe how good it felt to see him interacting with other kids his age without mom and dad to help him. The teachers said he did very well, a little cranky toward the end (we were cutting close to nap time) and he wouldn't let them change his diaper (he wouldn't let me change his diaper if I didn't make him). He fell asleep on the ride home.
No pictures from church but here's some cute ones from this and last week:
Relaxing during some after dinner play
We got this at a garage sale for $10!! BIG hit!
Taking an evening walk with "Rar Rar" (Ethan's name for his lion)
The sprinklers were on in one spot while we were walking and Ethan went crazy
My studly husband
I don't necessarily approve of this but look at the smiles
A little blurry but stinking cute
There's a picture of Michael in our stair well where he's sticking out his tongue. Ethan loves to imitate it, even to the point where if you ask him what Daddy does he sticks out his tongue
Pretty sure he's trying to make the fish face
"Oh no!" He accidentally sat in the bucket of water
Wet bum
"Mom I'm pretty sure my hiney is wet"
After our exciting adventure with the sprinkler (and a little dinner) we headed downtown to watch the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Parade. It was nothing too fancy but Ethan seemed to enjoy it.
Unfortunately we were running on a 45 minute nap so we knew we wouldn't be able to stay too long. We tried to get another nap in but he couldn't sleep. We watched the parade for about a 1/2 hour and then I got these faces in this pic and knew it was time to go:
I think Ethan enjoyed running the sidewalks of downtown more than the parade itself
While running down the sidewalk we encountered a little bit of uneven pavement and Ethan went down (luckily we were very close to the car)
He slept very well that night and his knee is healing very nicely. First of many scrapped knees if he's like his Mama.
Our days have been getting hot here in CO so yesterday we broke out the sprinkler for Ethan and Daddy to run through. Big hit!! He ran and ran and ran, up to the sprinkler, through the sprinkler, back to Mommy then back again. Just a warning, I took A LOT of pictures, here is a larger than normal sampling:
