Silence and Respect

Papa arrived yesterday! Ethan and I met him at the airport via Metro. Ethan loved being able to pick him up. Today, we awoke to Papa and Ethan talking downstairs at 6:45. Apparently, the brave lil thing, went down and woke him up without us knowing. We all went to church and ate lunch. Then, we headed off to Arlington Cemetery. They had a convenient tram that allowed you to get on and off at The Eternal Flame, The tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the Arlington House. The comedy began at the first stop. Dad sat down on the steps to take a picture of the family over looking Washington DC. He took the picture and then we heard, "Sir, you can't sit on the steps." We walked up to look at the eternal flame and I notice Ethan is trying to blow it out. He is huffing and puffing. At the next stop we were walking to the Tomb of the unknown soldier and we saw these signs were EVERYWHERE. It was super quiet as people were observing the memorial and we hear in a VERY loud voice, "My booty is itchy." We immediately knew that it had to be our kid...and it was. Next, we got on the train and were headed to the last stop. Nate, Lincoln, and I were on the opposite aisle of Dad and Ethan. The narrator was giving us history and we hear, "the little fellow is going to have to keep his head inside or he is going to be a casuality like so many others here." Nate and I immediately look over and once again, it's our kid! The last incident happened when we got back to the visitor center. He and Dad needed to go to the restroom. I take his hat and coat and notice he has a handful of rocks from the cemetery. I guess he had been collecting them the entire trip. He and Papa go to the bathroom and are in there a while. When he comes out Dad tells me that Ethan's aim was a little off in the restroom. I thought that was a fitting way to end the trip! Overall, we had a great time! The weather was nice. It was gorgeous there.

Texas Sized Meal

Tonight's meal was a dream come true in our house! Ethan helped cook dinner tonight. He made the taco shells, carrots, and rice. Then when dinner came, he ate one and a half tacos and ten carrots! Lincoln ate half a taco and three carrots! YES, I said LINCOLN ATE CARROTS. Hey, it's one more vegetable than he has been eating! Yippie!!
You know tomorrow we'll be back to our typical meals---or lack there of!

C is for Cookie

This past weekend, Lincoln took his Elmo book to Memaw. She started reading it and did her Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch voice. Soon after she read it, Lincoln started making his own Cookie Monster and Oscar voices.

I couldn't leave Ethan out. He has started coloring on his own.

Another Monday in the books....

We woke up to a blistery 36 degree morning. A Monday morning at that. The boys have played long and hard since Thursday with Memaw and Pappy. Today was no exception. When we came home from work today, Bob whispered "quiet...Ethan is asleep in the hall." YES...he said...in the hall. Ethan has been sneaking out of his bed each nap/night to go to the "bathroom" or as we have caught him....sitting with his feet dangling over the edge of the stairs. I guess today he snuck out and pulled both blankets on the floor and finally dozed off there.

When we finally woke Lincoln up three hours past his nap, he was in a Mommy mood! He snuggled until I finally put him down to change! What a sweetie. Ethan broke our hearts tonight when Memaw and Pappy left. I heard him crying and I went up to check on him. He was standing at his window crying because he wanted to tell them bye one more time. He settled for a phone call and a "talk" about Christmas. We talked about five minutes about what fun we are going to have this season!

But....he has it!

These two are definitely becoming more and more brotherly. If one has something, the other one NEEDS it! If one does something, the other one HAS to do it, too! But, hey they are playing together!

Body Parts

I will apologize in advance for the disgusting mashed potato mouths!

Lincoln used Ethan as his hands on body part lesson last night! Hands
Eyes
Ear
Neck

Tis the Season, already.

So, last Saturday Ethan asked to get the Christmas books out. (He actually asked for Easter and Christmas-I drew the line with Easter) Oh Christmas Tree and Jingle Bells can already be heard at our house by him! Thursday, the Walmart Wish book was delivered and it has found it's way into Ethan's car seat. The entire trip to school I hear what he is going to put on his list. He asks everyday to start the list, but I keep putting him off. Today, I found these Christmas foamies.

He LOVES these things. So, you may see some of these in your Christmas cards this year. We have a lot of foamies! To be honest with you Nate and I are ready for the holidays. I have to say it's going to be sooo fun here. I've already started my list of things to go and see: Union Station tree and train, the National Christmas tree, Mount Vernon in December, and our church is doing a living Bethlehem. I can't blame him for starting so early!