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Posted on October 29, 2010 by Troy

Guess who is 2 years old today!

Wingnut! Thats who.

Big Boy truly is a big boy now. Of course, being two means it’s time to start demanding that he gets to shave with daddy, even if it is just with a toy razor.

And wear big steel toe boots like daddy.

Now daddy Ethan gets all the cool toys, like Hot Wheels tracks, racing tracks, trains, remote control airplanes and cars, plastic swords, etc etc etc.

We measured E-Man and he is 33.5 inches tall. The theory is that you take their height at two and multiply by two to get their adult height. Sooo… Ethan will be about 5’6″, about his father’s height, or way taller than his mom.

Big boy is also about 35 lbs of running mischief, or, given his top velocity, enough to break the safety gate at the top of the stairs upon which he can slide down before it flips over and lands on him. Just like he did earlier this week.

Thank you Lord for this wild, funny, happy little man! We love him so much!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ETHAN!

Gardening

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Naomi

Posted by Naomi

I always thought of myself as having a black thumb, since house plants experience a steady decline from the moment they enter our home.

In other words, I kill plants.

So I figured any vegetable garden I planted would face a similar doom under my care. Instead, I discovered that I really enjoyed gardening. The excitement of planting a tiny seed and actually see the thing sprout, then the satisfaction of harvesting tasty organic vegetables in the end was definitely worth the minimal effort on my part (read: I get lazy about weeding). I’ve learned a lot about what not to do and a few things that I found worked well. The kids enjoyed helping me plant and harvest, especially Adelaine.

Ellie’s imagination would take off soon after work commenced and she’d forget that she was supposed to be helping.

And Ethan, well, Ethan was better at stomping on my plants than helping them to grow – at least the plants had to develop strong roots to withstand his trampling!

Adelaine, on the other hand, is a very hard worker when she sets her mind to it and she was a great help with planting my onions, shallots and garlic, and then later harvesting my potatoes. I have no clue how well my garden did – I have nothing to compare it to – but I would say we were at least successful at growing some lovely food and I look forward to another garden next year!

It’s time for a new family portrait

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Troy

It’s been a year since we last took a family portrait, so last week when there was a few minutes that it wasn’t raining, we packed up the kids and went out to the field.

“Ethan, where is the camera?”

Beating up Dad

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Troy

Anytime I happen to lay on the floor on my back I am inviting abuse from the kids, especially Ethan. Since the earliest days when he could crawl he would stop whatever else he was doing and come over, stand up by my knees, and then body slam me. This has evolved into mostly slapping followed by his coup de grâce belly flop, all done with great pleasure as long as I make it seem like he is inflicting pain.

If Ethan keeps growing as fast as he is, he will be able to beat me up by the time he is four.

So heres to a Father’s Day of getting squished by the kids!

(video was from April)