Ahhhh summer

Summer reading program

So I enrolled Ethan in our library's summer reading program. Each time he reads 15 library books he gets a prize. The first prize was a bookmark. He was pretty proud to turn his sheet in and get his sticker and bookmark but when I went to get a picture of his prizes this was all I could get. Next prize is a pizza coupon. I'll probably be more excited about that one too. 😃

Strange choice

It took me a while to find Ethan last night when I went to tuck him in. He was underneath a table in his room, tucked against the wall with his arm around his monkey and my hairbrush tucked under him as well. Funny guy.

"mom, can you take a picture of me watering the driveway?"

Sure sweetie, but I'd prefer it if you'd water the flowers.

House projects continue

It's sure hard to get a picture, maybe I should have taken a video. But Steve's office is now on the main floor! He had been in our 3rd bedroom, but we knew that eventually we'd want to use all 3 bedrooms as bedrooms. We thought about putting his office in the basement, but he wasn't too thrilled with the idea of spending all of his time in a basement. So we ordered french doors for one of the main floor rooms, and moved him in there!

So nice to finally get use out of that room. Steve said it was kindof like we were moving in for real. We had a bunch of random furniture in there that didn't match and wasn't useful. It's nice to finally be using the space, and for now our 3rd bedroom is a tv room. So much cozier to watch movies in.


And while we were moving huge pieces of furniture around, we got rid of one of the huge dressers in our room (moved it into our new tv room) and put a chair in our bedroom. Love my new cozy spot.

amazing memory

Ethan (and probably all kids) has an amazing memory! I remember being able to quote huge chunks of movies and knowing all the lyrics off of a particular cd as a kid. Now I'm lucky if I can even remember if I've seen a particular movie, let alone what happened in it :)

We've tried to channel his memory into some useful areas, like Bible memorization. He loves it, and we've been blessed with some great resources through our church. He often asks to listen to his verses (we have a cd of scripture verses to songs for kids that we got at church along with flashcards!).

Here are a list of the verses that he's got memorized now:
Gen 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heaves and the earth
Proverbs 17:17 - A friend loves at all times
Phil 2:14 - Do all things without grumbling or questioning
Eph 6:1 - Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right
James 1:17 - Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above
Rom 3:23 - For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
Psalm 56:3 - When I am afraid I put my trust in you

Here's a video of me trying to get him to sit still and say a couple. Please excuse the nose-picking :)

And here are a few more fun pics from recent weeks

 Monorail at the zoo!

Tigers at the zoo!

Fun at the beach!

Worn out from the beach