"Uh-Oh" & Easter Weekend

Landen's new favorite thing to say is "Uh-Oh".  He will throw stuff down just so he has a reason to say it!!  It is adorable!  He also nods yes a lot more often now.  He always says yes to "Are you hungry?" and "Are you Mama's boy?"  Speaking of being Mama's boy.....he has become much more attatched to me these past couple of weeks.  For the first time EVER he didn't want to stay with my grandparents last week.  He shook his head no and wouldn't let go of me!  He usually goes straight to Josh when he gets in from work but here lately he says no and lays his head on my shoulder.  I'm sure it's just a stage and as much as I love that he loves me I don't want him to become anti-social.  Landen has alway been such a fun, friendly, happy little boy and I don't want that to change because he is overly attatched to me.  Also, in the last couple of weeks he has began throwing these little tantrums when he gets frustrated.  They are awful!!  He screeches at the top of his lungs and makes this hideous face.  Terrible two's, we are well on our way!  He really is a wonderful, sweet boy he is just trying to find the balance between asserting his independence and clinging to Momma. 

I think a couple of posts ago I said I would soon post Landen's stats from his 15 month checkup....well, I held on to the little card that they were written on up until yesterday and suddenly it has dissappeared!  I do remember that he weighed 32 pounds and was in the 90th percentile for his height and weight.  He wears the same size clothes as a 3 year old little girl at our church!  The pediatrician said "Look at the mitts (big hands) on that kid" when Landen waved "hi" to him.  He is just an all around big boy and according to Dr. Lowry "healthy as can be"!!!

Ethan is doing great (well all except for this attitude that we have been trying to get under control)!  His baseball team has played 3 games so far and won 2 of them.  Last night he got his first hit of the season!  He is still reading up a storm (he has read 75 books this year for Accelerated Reader at school) not including all of the books that he has read here at home.  He is the top reader in his class!  He also makes 100% on all of his spelling tests.  He is learning subtraction right now and doing very well with that.  If we could just figure out how to get Mr. Lefty to learn to tie his shoes he would be well on his way to first grade. 

This past weekend we celebrated Easter with a dinner and egg hunt at my grandparents.  The boys both had a blast hunting for eggs.  I've had to hide all of the candy to keep them from eating it all at once....they are both chocaholics!!!  Ethan got a really neat age appropriate Bible that we are going to use to study with him from.  We had a wonderful church service and enjoyed great family time that evening.  We are so blessed!

Ethan with his Easter basket

Hot Wheel Trains!!!



Eating his Little People from the Easter Bunny!



"I'm super excited and I have bed head!"

"WHAT is he doing to me?"

This is the best shot we could get of the fidgety toddler, lol!

"Come on Nannie, we have to hurry!"

"Found one!"

Ethan had to get out of those "uncomfortable clothes"!



Awww...I remember not too long ago when I had to help him hunt...sniff, sniff!



Spring Break in California

So, the flight out to California went well....as well as a 5 hour flight with a 6 year old and a 15 month old can.  Neither of them slept a wink but they watched movies and were quiet except toward the end when Landen wanted to get down and roam and we couldn't let him.  Anyway, our 1st day there we went to the San Diego Zoo.  We had a great time.  Ethan's favorite part was riding the sky car across the zoo...

As we were leaving the zoo Ethan found this little booth selling tye died shirts that he loved and we picked out both him and Landen one that they wore the next day to the Wild African Safari.....

 The safari was really cool!  We got to ride on a tram which of course, Ethan loved!

Landen's favorite part was snack time, as you can tell...

Well, I don't know....he really loved this stone jeep!  He threw a fit when we had to leave and go do something else....

Ethan was just a little comedian the whole day...

On the 3rd day (Monday) we went to LegoLand and boy was it awesome!!!  I have never seen such neat things made of Legos and it was so big we had to plan a second day there!

Ethan rode his 1st roller coaster there....

Him and Josh are in the last car....I don't know if you can tell.

 Both of the boys enjoyed digging for dinosaur bones....

 Ethan got a shark painted on his face and cried when it washed off in the bath but it was awesome while it lasted...

We played music in the water play area, rode a train,and Ethan drove his dad around in a boat...

Ethan of course, spotted a train in Lego City that he wanted to stand there and watch all day instead of checkin out the rest of the park, LoL!  And Landen had fun playing in "block bay" and showing everyone how old he was with his one chubby little finger...

On the 4th day we went to SeaWorld which was the BEST of eveything we did while we were there!!  Ethan got a new face painting....a snake that looked like it belonged on a Mardi Gras float (but I didn't tell him that) and we got up close and personal with a beautiful polar bear...

We also went to the Shamu Show, a sea lion show, and a 4D Sesame Street movie...

Can you guess who had a BLAST at SeaWorld???

The 5th day we went to the beach.  To be honest Florida has prettier beaches.  It was cold and dirty but the boys enjoyed it anyway...

On the 6th day we made our second trip to LegoLand...

Ethan and Josh rode the spinning cups and we watched Bob the Builder in 4D...

As I'm sure you can tell....we had an awesome time!  I hope the boys will remember it forever and if not....well, as you can also tell....I have plenty of pictures to remind them!!!!

A few candid shots to finish the show....