Pinewood Derby

This is Ethan's very first pinewood derby! He was so excited can you tell from the first picture? He got a certificate for the "most natural car". His car was called "The Turtle". In retrospect, that probably wasn't the best name for a race car. Oh, well, Ethan had a great time. His very last race was to determine the second spot for whose car got to go on to regionals. He didn't win, and you could see the shock on his face at first, and then...he turned to the other racer, and said "good job"...with a smile on his face. Oh man, oh man, I was one proud Mama! That ten minute talk on good sportsmanship before the races started really paid off! Later he pouted all the way home because I told him that two brownies, and three cookies was enough dessert, and he didn't need anymore when we got home. Ahhhh, such is life...

Ring Around The Rosies

Eliza LOVES to play ring around the roses. She loves it so much she will play by herself if she has to. Ethan and Bonnie are a good big brother and sister, and they play with her a lot. It makes me sick to my stomach to play more than once with her, so I really appreciate Ethan and Bonnie's help. Eliza calls it "wee-wee" and will come up to you to ask you to give her your "hi" which is hands. She doesn't have a very big vocabulary, but boy can she get her point across!

Alright, I know this video was kinda long, but I just wanted everyone to know how much I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that Brett plays like this with our kids! And as you can see, Bonnie is having a great time too! I think that Brett should have been a basketball player, did you see the air that he got?

So whenever Bonnie is bothered by something, she says, "Oh, father", or "stop fathering me". It's so funny to hear her muttering to herself, "father, oh, father!" I'm not sure where she came up with the word "bother", but I am so glad she gets it wrong. It makes my day to hear her!

It was a sunny day, and the weather man said it was going to be overcast. So Bonnie told me that I needed to call him up and tell him he was wrong! Somehow I thought he would already know without an irate phone call from a listener. (She heard the forecast on the radio)