Lovin the Lake

Sunday afternoon we loaded everyone up, and headed to the lake for the afternoon. This was Ethan's first time in a boat and he was very excited!!

He did a great job of wearing his life jacket the entire time.


Feeding the ducks on the boat ramp with Daddy


Trying to figure out how to drive the boat!


Hanging out with Momma.


Wind in his hair enjoying the cruise.


We get to use Uncle Jared's boat for the next couple months while he is away for work, so we are looking forward to more fun in the sun!!

2nd Birthday Brought to you by the Letter E & the Number 2

It is so hard for me to believe that we celebrated Ethan's 2nd birthday this past weekend. I feel like it was just a couple months ago that we were having Barnyard Bash for his 1st! Ethan loves Elmo so we decided to go with a Sesame Street theme this year.


Getting the decorations together was fun.
I made the treat bags and filled them with fun Sesame Street themed favors.

I also made a couple banners to go with the theme.


In keeping up with last years cupcakes I decided to make Elmo, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, and Big Bird cupcakes.

I also did a candy bar and had Letter E and Number 2 cookies!

Elmo had his Goldfish and Cookie Monster had his cookies.
We all enjoyed lots of snacks and yummy hotdogs!



Ethan enjoyed his cupcakes!


Playing on the swing set from Mommy & Daddy and Nana & Opa

Opening lots of fun birthday presents!


Loving the new tractor from Pops!!


It was a GREAT 2nd birthday party and we were so blessed to have lots of friends and family to share it with!!

Under Construction

We decided for Ethan's 2nd birthday it was time for a playset! He LOVES to slide and be outside so we figured this would be perfect. We were able to find a great deal on a playset and luckily Zack had some help from some of our friends to get it all set up in the backyard.


Ethan watching from in the house.
Very eager to get out there and help finish putting it together.




Power Tool in hand ready to help!



Ethan checked out every inch of the new playset!
Up the ladder

Down the slide

Swing

Monkey Bar

Rope ladder

Rockwall

Picnic Table


I think that this is gonna be a hit!

Birthday Walk

This past Friday at Ethan's school they held his Birthday Walk. This is a special event they do for the birthday boy or girl to celebrate their big day! They have the birthday boy hold the earth (a globe) and walk around the sun (a candle) to represent the year it takes for another birthday.

They also show pictures from a timeline of birth to the current birthday. He was very proud to show the pictures of the different things he has experience in the past 2 years!


Big Boys in Little Chairs!



We took cupcakes for Ethan to share with his classmates.


Ethan was very excited to have Great Grandma Schmidt, Nana, Opa & Uncle Jared there to celebrate his Birthday Walk.




Big HUGS!