Pappy's Tractor

Lincoln is connecting EVERYTHING to Pappy's Tractor. If he hears a loud noise, "Pappy Tractor." If he sees the color green, "Pappy Tractor." Yesterday, we were talking about gas prices and he says, "Pappy get gas in Tractor." At the playground there is a steering wheel...apparently it's Pappy's Tractor.
Ethan gets VERY upset if he doesn't get to pick out his shirt every morning. This morning he was in my room when I was getting dressed. He comes over to my clothes and says, "I want to pick out your shirt." HA...UGH...NO!! He looks at me very seriously and says, "Well can you at least pick out something pretty." I picked out a blue shirt with flowers on it. I asked him if it was ok and he says, "Well, I was hoping it would be pink." His teen years are going to be rough!

one more book

Mar called me over to look at the boys. Lincoln asked Ethan to read him a book. He was doing a great job!

Busy day!

We had a list of things to get done today! On the top of the list was Ethan's dentist appt. I knew that he had a tooth that was "bothering" him. It turns out he has TWO cavities and we need to go see a pediatric dentist. If you had asked me before we got there if I would be concerned about getting a cavity filled, I would have said...."Nah." It turns out Ethan is not as comfortable at the dentist as he is at the doctor's office. It was a major ordeal getting his teeth cleaned. Wish us luck on Thursday when we go to the pediatric dentist.
We made it down to the pool tonight as a family. Ethan and I have been going after his nap and we usually make it back before Lincoln wakes up. Today we decided to all go after dinner. It was really fun and Lincoln is finally getting comfortable in the water. He even kicked his legs while floating today.

Haircuts and Church Bear

The boys hair was getting unruly. We talked about getting haircuts ALL week, but finally made it to the barber shop yesterday. When we walked in, Nate sat Lincoln down all by himself. He was so happy to sit up there like a "big-boy." We were able to get all three boy's hair cut in twenty minutes!!!
During the summer, our church takes a Sunday School break. The kids sit with the parents during church and our pastor does Children's moments before his message. Each week he has two or three church bears to go home with kiddos to pray with. This week Ethan got the church bear. The best part was he got the bear that had a 1997 scarf on it. You know how he LOVES his numbers. He was beaming all through the sermon!!! He slept with him tonight and Marilyn said prayers with him.

National Aquarium

We can cross another museum off the DC list. We made it to the National Aquarium. We looked at the reviews yesterday and the museum got HORRIBLE reviews, so our expectations were low. Surprisingly, it was great. I could see where if you had adults or older children it could be disappointing, but our kiddos loved it. Lincoln was thrilled that Nemo and Dory were there. He could have stayed at this tank and looked at them the whole time.

There were a few hands on exhibits. Ethan enjoyed touching shark teeth. It was a small aquarium, but just right for our guys!

You say it's your birthday

Today was Mar's birthday. We started the morning off with pancakes. Then the boys helped me bake her cake. Last week, Marilyn made buttercream icing for some cookies we had. Nate bought some almond extract and the icing takes EXACTLY like the Cakery's icing in Dayton. The poor thing had to make icing for her own cake today!
We finished the night up with dinner at Southside 815. This was one of the best restaurants we have eaten at since we have been here. I am so happy we were able to go on Mar's b/day. They had a bread basket with two types of butter. Lincoln was in love with the apple butter.
The boys were dying to get home and dig into the cake!

This cake was SOOO close the Cakery's cake! It was delicious! Happy Birthday Marilyn!!

a night in Old Town

Nate wanted to take Marilyn to his favorite "guy" joint, Hard Times Cafe. They serve mainly....chili. He usually takes the boys on my girl days. There is a bead store in Old Town that I have been wanting to take Marilyn to, so we decided to hit them both tonight. Marilyn and I were dropped off while Nate and the boys parked. We were just finishing up when they came in. Nate decided to fly the boys around while we were paying.
Lincoln is following in Ethan's footsteps by lining everything up....tonight it was crayons.
Yesterday, Ethan had a rough day being a good listener. Today he was fabulous!!!
These are fake smiles. Dinner took FOREVER to get to the table and Lincoln was losing his patience. That in turn, made me lose my patience!!