My Dinosaur- The Ethanosaurus

The other day Ethan was playing Hungry, Hungry Hippos on my bed. I walked in to check on him. He looked suspicious.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

He said, "I'm sitting on the marbles."

I paused for a second wondering why on Earth he was sitting on marbles.

Then he said, "I am a dinosaur and they are my eggs. I have to sit on them carefully."

"Oh, okay." I said. "It's time to put them away and go to bed."

"Okay, Mom, but please be gentle when you put them in the bag."

He is a smart, imaginitive kid who pretends to be a dinosaur. Not only that, he pretends to be a loving and caring dinosaur.

It makes all the bouncingoffthewalltalkingandsingingsoloudnotlisteningOMGdrivingmecrazy times totally worth it.

Mad Libs

Last night, Ethan wanted to tell stories. Made up stories are much better than the number of books we have...for him. For me they are much more difficult. If they weren't I'd be a millionaire selling all my great children's stories. Mine are generally pretty lame but he likes them.

My story was even more lame than usual so I decided I would try a fill-in the blanks style story and he could help. It went like this...


Once upon a time there was a little boy named ETHAN. He had a friend named MIA. Her hair was BLONDE and her eyes were BLUE. They had so much fun together. They liked to PLAY and they also liked to HUG. (He said with a smile) Ethan and Mia's favorite game was THE CHERRY GAME! (I am assuming he means Hi Ho Cherry-O!) At school they GO UPSTAIRS AND READ BOOKS. They also eat lunch together. Today for lunch Ethan had A HOTDOG! AND CAPRI SUN! Mia ate GRAPES!...AND CARROTS!

The End

Totally lame but I loved hearing his answers. He was so excited to give them. He was also very excited about his new friend, Mia.

Time flies

Emma is 3 months old today! THREE WHOLE MONTHS! Today was her first official day at preschool. She and I got to hang out all day which was awesome. Ethan had a great time in his class and has already made friends. Some better than others.

(Let's just say we had a talk today about not kissing our friends. Specifically girls. But that's a story for another day!)

10 Things about Emma at 3 months:

1. She has really started vocalizing especially when her Daddy is listening.
2. She laughs alot when she is tickled but we still haven't heard a big belly laugh. Mostly just cackles.
3. Her favorite past-time is swinging. LOVES IT!
4. A good way to stop her cries is to step outside. The minute she is outdoors she is content even if Mommy is melting due to the horrific heat.
5. She knows her brother and likes him...most of the time. She talks and smiles at him a lot.
6. She holds tight to her blankets and likes them on her face to fall asleep.
7. She is a much better night sleeper than napper. I am NOT complaining!
8. She can't quite reach for me yet but she can throw her body and lean towards me. She has done that several times in the last week.
9. She drools and spits up alot. We change our outfits several times a day. "Our" includes me.
10. She despises being wet or dirty and let's us know when she is.

I'll try and post some new pictures soon!

Bedtime Stories by Ethan

Ethan wanted to tell Emma a story tonight. It went pretty much like this...


Once upon a time there was a little girl named Emma. Then there was a monster.

[insert monster RAWR! here]

And the monster ate her.

[pretends to eat his sister]

YUM! YUM! YUM!

The end.


He did make it very clear after his story that he was just pretending to eat his sister.

That's good.

Brotherly Love

Yesterday morning Emma was on my bed while I was getting ready. Ethan came in and climbed right next to her.

He talked to her and she smiled. Then he looked up at me.

"I am her brother and she is my Honey."

He turned back to her, "Hi, Honey. I love you."

Talk about melting your heart. He's continued to call her Honey all day. I didn't correct him.

8 years

Today Brian and I celebrated our 8th anniversary. We got a baby-sitter and went to P.F. Chang's and talked without being interrupted. After dinner we went to Wal-Mart to by dog food without any whining for a toy. We picked up the kids and came home for cake (from Merrit's!) and laughed around the table.

It may not be much to some, but it was a great day.

As Ethan would say, "I QUIT!"

I posted on Tuesday about quitting my job. Vague- I know. But at the time I didn't have time to write much about it and I wanted to mark the day I did it.

So, about quitting my job...

I've been praying for some time (and if you read my blog often you know) about whether or not I should stay home, stay at this job, get a new job, etc. In the last few weeks, the office has been almost unbearable for me. I've shed some tears, been angry and hurt and I knew that God had a better place for me. (Today is the first time in 3 weeks that Linda has spoken nicely if at all to me.) I knew there could possibly be an opportunity at a pre-school for me and began praying that God would work it out if it was His will for our family.

Last Thursday, Brian and I knew we needed a different child-care situation. Brian has been watching the kids while I am at work. He loves spending time with them, but two is much more difficult that one. Especially one baby and a wild and crazy 3 year old.

An hour later, Kristi sent me a message. She had an opening and wondered if I wanted it. I quickly replied with a yes. Right now I’ll be working one day a week and both my children will go with me. I may be there a few more days if she needs me. Time will tell.

I am so excited about this new adventure. Ethan is really excited to be going to a new school. (He’ll still remain at his old MDO on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He’d miss all his girlfriends! Not joking.) I’m excited to be with my kids each day- or at least be close to them. I’m excited that Brian can work a shift that allows us to actually see each other more than 2 days a week. I’m excited to see Kristi more often. I’m excited to work in a place that people act like 4 year olds because THEY ARE. Just all around excited.

God has been so faithful in providing this opportunity for me! Thank you, Jesus!