Catching Up!

Okay, I know I haven't blogged in many months now and it's been hanging over my head! My lack of blogging I guess is an indication of how busy our lives have been the past several months. Not only have we been busy with twins, we've also recently purchased a home, moved and remodeled our kitchen. Needless to say, there hasn't been much time for blogging. So, I've added a few pictures to help get caught up. This blog is dedicated more to Ethan's activities so I'll try to make the next post more about the babies.


A guilty face: This is Ethan with a butter knife that has a big chunk of it missing because he decided to try to saw the computer plug (which was plugged into the outlet). I was sitting at the computer sending an e-mail when suddenly I saw sparks shooting into the air and heard Ethan scream. The electricity burned a hole in the knife and burned halfway through the prongs in the computer plug. You can see the black on the outlet from the sparks. Amazingly, Ethan didn't get shocked - he was pretty freaked out though! What makes kids do this sort of stuff?!

Ethan started preschool this year. Yay for Ethan! Yay for Mommy! This is him on his first day of school. He and a couple other kids sat for the story while others worked on a craft. So cute!

I love the East in the fall. It's my very favorite season of the year. We went apple picking at a nearby orchard and then went home and made the YUMMIEST applesauce. If anyone needs a terrific, easy, homemade applesauce recipe, let me know!

In October we went pumpkin picking at Ort Farm. We go here every year to enjoy a hay ride, pumpkin picking, apple cider, apple cider donuts, petting farm animals and playing on all the fun hay stations. This was Grant and Addie's first pumpkin picking outing. I think they liked it!

A month or so ago I decided that Ethan and I needed a Mommy/Son date. So, I took him to see his very first movie in a theater. It was a double feature of Toy Story 1 & 2. I was amazed that he sat through both movies! Next time I'll come more prepared to smuggle in snacks. I think I spent more on treats than I did on the movie tickets!
A few months ago, we found out that the Imagination Movers were going on tour. Ethan is obsessed with these guys so we splurged and got 3 tickets to take him. So, we went to their concert last weekend and had a blast. Here we are getting ready for the show to start.
Ethan is sporting his Imagination Movers t-shirt and gets a great view from daddy's shoulders. Luckily we had a wall behind our seats so we could stand up and get a great view. I'm not sure who enjoyed the music more, Ethan or Blake. You should have seen Blake's excitement when they played, "Nina's Song." Yes - he loves it so much it he has it on his ipod. Scary, right? :)
Imagination Movers Rich, Dave, Scott and Smitty (or Smoothie as Ethan calls him).