Did I mention that he should NEVER be left alone

This child... This lovable, adorable, funny, cute, MISCHIEVOUS, CURIOUS, INDEPENDENT child. He is going to be the one who makes his mother age faster (because of all of the mini heart attacks he gives me), The one who makes mommy cry more (because of how he can just melt my heart), The one who keeps mommy on her toes (because of how he can unclean something as fast as I can clean it) and so many other things. This is Ethan in a nutshell. He is crazy and so so so so much busier then his adorable older brother. In a span of ten minutes he can be in three different rooms and doing extremely mischievous things in all three rooms. I really cant ever take my eyes off of him. So the story behind these cute pictures. The other day I was putting laundry away and Eli and Ethan were suppose to be putting the toys in the toy box in the other room. Well they were doing great, I could hear the toys being put away and then all off a sudden I hear the water running, Yet I still hear the toys being put away and I know that Ethan is two short to reach the faucet and so yell to Eli and say, "Eli what you doing", and he responds, "cleaning up the toys" so I say "Eli, whats your brother doing" and he comes back with "brushing is teeth". well you can imagine my surprise when I go into to see what he is up to and this is what I found.

He had climbed up on the toilet and over the side of the counter to get into the sink. And then proceeded to brush his teeth. What can you do? It was to stinking cute to get mad and him, and honestly, what was he REALLY doing wrong. Don't parents strive to get them to brush there teeth. He was just overly eager to get it taken care of. So this was my adventure for the day, (well at least one of them).

Notice the water is on full blast, all over his clothes and all. He was just loving life and brushing his teeth.

And now that it is SPRING.....

I know, I know, your thinking SNOW pictures when we should be seeing fun Spring fun pictures. Well, I wish it was that easy, but importunately, this is when we have gotten the snow. So enjoy the WINTER cuteness. This was really the first time that Ethan got to really get in an have some fun in the snow. He was quite small last year, and although he played in it, he didn't really PLAY in it. This year.... WOW, pretty sure this is one of his new favorites. He was soooo mad when I made him come in the house, but his little fingers were freezing.

I love the brotherly love that is seen in a few of these pictures. Eli was being so cute in trying to help his brother. He would tell him to lay down and then Eli would try to push him around. Although he is not very strong, he was trying soooo hard to push him around. It was very cute.

He looks so big in this picture. I don't know why he does, but there is something about it. they were both having a blast in the snow. And I am really glad that we were at least lucky enough to have one or two good snow storms this year. A chance to get in a little sledding and fun.

Aquarium fun

I love that my older son is really starting to get a sense of humor. He is so funny sometimes. Now, his jokes dont always make sense, but I can see how in his little head that he is trying to hard to make a funny. This first picture is just a great example of this. He was trying to be all mischievousness when touching this totally fake, and quite large crab. He is just a funny little kid, with so much personality, im not quite sure what to think. I love him so much. We found an amazing deal on living social that was a season pass for both Eli and I for only 12 dollars. I mean seriously, it is 14 dollars for us to just go one time so how could I pass this up. Ethan is free, so it works out just great. There is not really a ton to do at the aquarium, but I know myself could go watch the penguins and the otters for hours. Just those two particular attractions. I think Eli's favorite is the shark tank. And I think Ethans favorite is the penguins. The other day we were lucky enough to get to take Maren with us. These three have sooo much fun together. I love it.

Impromptu Photo Shoot

We are making a book for my Dad and Caren for their mission. It is kind of a brag book/ tribute to our parents. Well anyway, I wanted a more recent family photo so we went out with Lara and she took a few new ones of us. This really actually turned into a fun little photo shoot. We had heard that there was a hot spring not to far away from our house, so we went on a walk to find it. Sure enough, it was there and we will for sure be going back once it warms up just a little bit. A new adventure for sure.

I love this first picture cause it pretty much sums up how every picture we tried to take of both of the boys went. Ethan screaming and crying and Eli just as happy as can be. Ethan doesn't like sharing the spotlight so much. He was amazing on the pictures that we took of just him, but when we would throw Eli in the loop, he would get a little uphappy. Not sure what all that was about.

First time Ice Skating

Ice skating and I have a love/hate relationship. I have never been very good at it and it really kind of hurts my ankles. So when I found out, this is what we were doing for my nephews fourth birthday party, I was well, a little less then excited. But wow, can I change my opinion on that. I have not had this much fun with the boys in awhile. As you will see from the pictures, none of us ever really mastered this, but the entertainment, excitement, and funny faces were well worth it. At first it just started out with Eli and I on the ice, but Ethan, being the determined little stink that he is was not having that, He had to get out on the ice too. And Grandma, being the ever supportive Grandma that she is, ran and got him some skates so he could try it out too. More on that later. So now to the fun part. The really cute pictures.

This first picture is about the funniest thing ever. Their faces are so priceless. Eli was screaming, he just wanted to go and Ethan, just relaxing on his arms like....really, can we just go already. I just think it is really funny.

Ethan with his skate mate and his brother close at hand to make sure he doesn't fall. He is such a good big brother.

Ethan was so excited to get out on the ice. Look at this face. He was having a hard time staying on his feet all the time and he would sometimes slip, but for how young he is, I thought he did amazingly well and he had soo much fun.

This is pretty much how I spent the whole night. Bent over holding one of the two boys up, but Eli did actually eventually get pretty good at it and then I was mostly just helping Ethan. It was a team effort and I think it took all of us there at one time or another to help keep them up. But they had so much fun and it was a really good experience for them.

Ethan showing off his moves.

Like I said.... a group effort.

Eli doing it pretty much all by himself. He was doing so well by the end of the night.

Go Eli!!! We are so proud of you.

Eli all ready in his skates and ready to get out on the ice.

Thanks Heather for inviting us to Corbins party. We had so much fun and the boys loved it. Happy Birthday Corbin! We love you soooo much.