Happy Easter!

Ethan's class at school had an Easter egg hunt on Thursday.  It was wet outside so they did in the sanctuary.  He was a little unsure at first, but soon became a pro.  You can't see it in this picture, but he is carrying at least four eggs.   By the end of the weekend he got so good at getting all the eggs, Chris and I are glad that he is going to have to share his egg hunt next year with baby sister.  

On Saturday evening we went to Grandma and Grandpa L.'s house.  Here is Aunt Drew helping him REEEACCHH for the egg, god forbid he actually step in  the mulch--I don't know what was stopping him, he usually doesn't care.  We had a great time hunting for eggs. 

This picture says it all--WHAT JELLY BEANS?  WHAT DO YOU MEAN ONLY ONE?

The Easter bunny brought a lot of cool stuff.  In this picture he has spotted the Dinosaur Train characters that "talk" to each other.  I am just really glad that they have off buttons. :)

This is Maggie's version, of WHAT JELLY BEANS?

A lawn mower that blows bubbles to go along with the leaf blower that blows bubbles. He is really ready to help Daddy now.

Sunday afternoon we went to Grandma and Grandpa M.'s house. Aunt 'Ra ra" and Uncle Tim bought Ethan four boxes of confetti eggs. He had a blast smashing them on everyone--including Baby sister. So much fun!  We had a wonderful Easter! 

Zoo with Logan

Last weekend we went to the zoo with our friends the Todds.  It was their son Logan's first trip to the zoo.  The boys both had a great time.  Ethan enjoyed the elephants (of course) and Logan really enjoyed the birds.  It was warm, but the boys did great--me at 8 months preggers, not so much.  Ethan even enjoyed the petting zoo, as you can see from above!  Thanks, Logan for going with us! 

bluebonnets

Last weekend we drove to Chapel Hill to take pictures in the bluebonnets.  The flowers were out in full force (unlike last year, because of our drought--they were pathetic).  We got some great pictures of the three of us (four including Maggie).  If you look really closely in the picture below, you can see her tail.  My hand is on her back.  The grass and flowers were that high!  It was great.  A true spring Texas day.

 Saying cheese, but not looking at the camera!  So much personality!

 It was nice to have a Sunday afternoon the three of us before "Baby Sister" comes.  Although the drive didn't do anything for my already swollen ankles.

 He kept trying to wonder off by himself.  Which is okay, but we couldn't tell if there were any ant hills--and I really didn't want to have to use the epi-pen.  We go back to the allergist on Wednesday to run tests. I am hoping that we will get some answers.  Is he really allergic to ants or was it because he got SO many bites (20+) at once. 

Spring Break 2012

We  had a great Spring Break!   After spending the first few days going to the doctor (Ethan--two appointments, Me--one).  We got to play the rest of the week.  On Tuesday after the ENT, we went to the Children's Museum, I don't have any pictures of that--wasn't thinking.  Then on Tuesday we went to the zoo. It was hot and crowded, but we still had a good time.  We even got to ride the train afterward--a big favorite.  On Thursday, the three of us went to the Houston Livestock Show.  As you can see above, Ethan got to sit on a Longhorn.  He wasn't a huge fan--the animal was big. (but you all know that secretly Chris was hoping he wasn't going to like it. :)) We also went to the carnival.  On Saturday morning, Ethan helped Daddy make cinnamon rolls--always a help.  On Sunday, we decided to drive down to the Alvin and picked strawberries.  He had a blast and was actually really good determining which ones were good to pick. 

Kite Festival

On Saturday we went to the Sugar Land Kite Festival.  It was a really windy day, perfect for kite flying, but a little cool.  We had a great time.  I was a little nervous about being in a big field with ant piles everywhere, given what we went through on Tuesday, but we made it through without a scratch or bite.  He truly enjoyed himself flying kites, dancing to the music, and running around like a crazy boy.

We had a lot of fun flying kites. 

I bought Ethan a Dinosaur (He is totally obsessed with dinos right now) kite.  It was a huge hit.

He really enjoyed "chasing" the kite. 

Good Helper!

E-man is such a good helper.

Ants

So on Tuesday at school, Ethan got into Ants...A LOT of ants.  He had an extreme allergic reaction to the bites and now has an Epi Pen for ant bites.  Most of the bites were on his left hand, a few on his right hand, and a few on his feet.  He had rash for three days and spent most of Tuesday evening throwing up.  It was an scary and eventful night at our house.  Next week he has to go to an allergist.