Mommy was listing some of our old stuff on Craigslist and she found this really great pool and got it for us. We can’t fill it with water yet because Mommy has to power wash it and move it to the play area. We are so excited about it! I can’t wait to go down the slide when its full of water.

I draw a lot and since Mommy doesn’t like clutter we can’t keep everything that I draw. We get to keep a lot of the special crafts that we make and the stuff mommy refers to as milestones. I’ve started writing letters a lot and I’ve started drawing animals. Mommy and Daddy must be getting smarter because I no longer have to tell them what my drawings are. I never understood how they could be so wrong! Here are two of my most recent drawings, a bird and a monster.

I got this really great art storage case that has a picture of me on it! When we do special crafts or a really impressive drawing mommy writes a date on it and files it away in my case. When we have rainy days I can take my case out and look at all the pretty pictures I’ve done. Its sturdy enough to take a beating from me and it has lots of room for my artwork.

Today was beautiful and we went outside with mommy to plant some seeds for our veggie garden. We were only outside for a few minutes when Mommy rushed us back in. She said we must have a hornet nest nearby because they were after us! Since we couldn’t play outside Mommy moved our table into the office so we could hang put with her while she worked. Mommy pulled out a lot of stuff from the craft kit and just let us do whatever we wanted. I’m a big girl and Mommy lets me use scissors all on my own. She even lets me have glue now! Glue is my absolute favorite. Ethan and I sat and made lots of things for Mommy and Daddy and had a lot of fun.

Every once in awhile Mommy has to prove that I really can be sweet and take a picture of me sleeping. Does she not know how annoying that is? If she had been too noisy and woke me up I would have made her pay! I’ve been napping on the couch while Mr JD painted the new stairs and it gave Mommy a great opportunity to get a picture of me sleeping. At least she got my good side.

This morning Mommy pulled out some of her photography equipment to take photo’s of some of our outgrown clothes she’s about to list for sale on Ebay. I thought it was all really cool so I decided to help and quality test the equipment. Mommy is so lucky to have a helper like me.

Today was an exciting day around the house, my favorite person Mr JD was here painting the stairs. I didn’t get to go down for a nap because of the wet paint so Mommy tried to get me to lay down on the couch with no luck, I didn’t want to share it with Ethan. He didn’t rebel enough and went to sleep but I made sure he didn’t sleep very long. I had dance class tonight and because I was so tired from not napping I misbehaved, not only did I misbehave I did it so much that my dance teacher sat me in the corner. I was the first person this whole dance season to be put in the corner, I am usually one of the good ones! Its only eight weeks until our recital. I don’t know what that is but I’ve been told that I’ll get to dress up in a pretty costume.

Here’s a picture of me that Mommy took just before my first dance class back in September, I’ve grown a lot since then!

The weather here has been really nice and warm. The sun has been out and Mommy has been taking us outside to dig in the gardens for a few hours every day. We have lots of worms! I hold them, pet them and play with them. Mommy was laughing at me because I put some in my Jeep and took them for a ride. I’m not very good at finding them but Georgie is and she gave me lots of them. We enjoyed it so much that we now have our own garden that we can dig in all we want.

We haven’t been around much lately, Mommy has been busy with the house and Daddy works hard. Its been a really busy year taking down the wallpaper and painting the walls. Mommy said I was too little to help her with that sort of painting. Ethan and I just got back from spending six weeks with Oma and Opa, we were not meant to be gone that long but our house was broken and it wasn’t safe for us to come home. While I was away Mommy finished my princess butterfly garden room! I really love my room and my big girl bed. Mommy took down all the wallpaper and painted the walls green. Then a really nice lady named Tania came in and painted flowers all over the walls. Mommy and Daddy just had new carpet put in and put up pretty flower curtains and some more butterflies. I even have a dollhouse in there now! When I go down for my nap I stay in my room and play with my dolls. Here’s some pictures of my finished room!

Mommy and Daddy took us out yesterday for some “fun”

I guess it was ok. We went to the store with all the flowers and picked up some flowers for the new garden.

Georgie seemed very excited and was running circles around Daddy’s legs and being her usual funny self.

I got to ride in the cart with Mommy, it wasn’t the racing car one, but I guess it was ok.

After that we went to a new place that was very busy, I tried to get a nap on the way there but Daddy wouldn’t let me.

When will they learn that a little cat nap does wonders for a guy.

Mommy called it the “Habachee Grill” and it was full of people.

I got to sit at the end of the table in my own throne, and Mommy brought me some yummy food.

There was some fish that was just OK, it didn’t really taste like cat, but it was fried and I like fried.

About half way through dinner, this lady came up and took Mommy’s glass away.

No one at the table seemed to notice so I took the initiative and yelled out. “Hey! That’s Mommy’s Cup!”

Mommy and Daddy told me it was ok and that the lady would bring it back.

I guess they were right as a few minutes later the cup came back full of sweet tea. Just like magic.

We finished our lunch and made a stop to get some rice milk on the way home.

I was very tired and enjoyed a good nap after some fresh milk.

Was a good trip.

Ethan. (You can call me Boo)

Mommy has been working hard on trying to get Ethan’s room ready for him to move into. He really likes bears so he got a camping and bear themed room. When he saw it for the first time this morning he got excited and kept saying bear over and over. Once his room is done I get to move into Ethan’s room with him while Mommy decorates my room! I like Ethan’s room and made sure to comment on it to Mommy every day when she was painting the mural.