Water, Bugs and Bubbles

Last week was Cory's last week working so we took advantage of having daddy around and in between job hunting, interviews and a career fair we all got to swim, go to the Tempe Beach water park and enjoy some family time.


A few Sundays ago we sat down in the chapel and immediately Ethan said "nursery, nursery," and through out the week he shows us his picture that he colored in nursery and asks to go. Apparently nursery is hard work because after church one Sunday Ethan fell asleep cuddling with mommy on the bed.

Ethan loves bugs, if he finds them in the house he crawls around on the ground after them and points them out to us. One night we found a ladybug and Ethan loved to have it crawl around on his arm. He is such a boy!

Ethan is also quite the little helper, not only does he like to vacuum but here he is helping daddy unloasd the dish washer, and besides the one time he threw a mug on the kitchen floor and broke it he actually does a good job pulling out the dishes and handing them to us to put away.
What could be more exciting than mopping the floor? Lets hope this lasts.

Along with cleaning Ethan is also very innovative, here he is demonstrating how to keep yourself in the squirt gun fight and stay hydrated at the same time. (we're trying to get a patent on this idea before someone else does)
For some reason the best place to put stickers is over ones eyes, no lue where that idea came from. One day when Cory got home from an interview Ethan grabbed Cory's shirt as he took if off and said "cute," he then proudly struck a pose for the camera.

Several of the city parks around the Phoenix area have little water areas for the kids to play in, the Tempe Beach Park has the best water play area and best of all its free. Some friends invited us to go the other day and Ethan absolutely loved it.

Much to his mothers dislike Ethan loves to drink whatever water he happens to be in or around, here he is demonstrating ow to drink from water that shoots up. . .

and this is how you drink it when it pours out of a spout.

One night after taking a bath we got Ethan dressed in his "mission" jammies (thats what he calls Little Einsteins because they go on missions) and then he ran back into the bathroom and climbed back in the tub to play with the bubbles that were still sitting there. He was very proud of himself.

We can't leave the house without Ethan putting on his glasses, unfortunately he can be a little hard on them and brake the lenses out, at least he doesn't seem to care.

One of Ethans new favorite things to do is color on our little patio, anytime he looks out and sees the sidewalk chalk sitting there he says "color, color, outside" it usually takes a bribe such as a popsicle, juice or a much needed bath to get him to come inside.

I asked Ethan to smile for the camera and this is what we got, he really was happy though.