Memorial Weekend

Well, the last two weekends we haven't really been able to relax in the Hickman household. We decided to paint our living room and do a bunch of landscaping outside, so we were busy bees. Now that it's complete, the outcome is well worth it. Hopefully the rest of the summer, we can just sit back and enjoy the nice weather.

Mr. Gardener doing his part to help us (last weekend).

Ethan's new bike that Grandma Hickman bought for him

For Memorial Day weekend, we did get out a bit when we took Ethan to the local Aurora zoo and park. As you'll see, I was playing like a kid also. :)

Our finished landscaping:

We're having a retaining wall put in on the side of the garage, so this will be a bit spiffier once that is done.

Some recent Ethanisms:

*He thinks it's funny when he farts (or as we call them, "tooties") and after he does it, he laughs and says, 'I want more tooties'. He then proceeds to try to do it again!

*He got the syrup out of the fridge the other day and put it on the kitchen table and said, "pancakes" to me.

*The cutest 2 words he says lately are 'goofy' (although it sounds like 'foofy') and 'sushi'. Both sound absolutely adorable when he says them.

*I taught him to say 'Daddy's big muscles' and show his arms. He holds his arms out and says 'Daddy's big muscles, big' and gets real tense at the end with a grunt - hilarious!

*The last two mornings I've gotten him out of bed, the first thing he says to me is "Daddy downstairs coffee" - so he now relates the morning to daddy making coffee - pretty perceptive!

*Ethan likes to give Sasha her morning treat now. He says, "Sasha, sit...good girl" and then gives her the treat. Good little helper!

*His latest two things he does to be a naughty boy (I know, hard to imagine this cutie can be naughty sometimes) is throwing his silverware on the floor and putting his feet on the dinner table. Although he knows when he does the silverware thing what he did wrong, because when I scold him, he says "fork, table...be nice". Which is paraphrasing what I've just told him, that we be nice to the fork and put it on the table when we're done with it. Some day it will sink in!