imagination

For the past couple of days Ethan has told me that his name is Joe, and that Seth's name is Lemon. They both frequently go on adventures. Ethan just before went to get some chips and visit a gorilla.

side note: Naomi is rolling from her back to her tummy now.

family time

On Saturday we went to Ballayang Sanctuary and then to the park. We all had fun watching the wildlife and then playing with the playground equipment.

It's great as Ethan gets older and more comprehensive being able to explain to him different things about our surrounding. He seems to really be taking it in more and more.

Seth could not stop smiling when we got the playground. Normally he is the one that it is sooo difficult to get a shot of smiling because he's always on the move. But at the park, whilst he was busy, busy, busy, he seemed to stop every so often, look around and smile. Not sure if he was soaking in the moment, or taking a moment or two to look around and gleefully think to himself "what next!?!"

of seth et al.

Here are the photos of Seth that I tried to get in with the last post. I couldn't resist putting one in of Naomi.

Seth is very good at tottling off on his own and playing for ages and ages. This morning T asked me if I had journaled about Seth's giving spirit. I will still write this in his personal journal, but will share here too. This morning Ethan was asking for a piece of dried fruit picked out of the muesli box. T found one and gave it to Ethan. Seth, after watching his big brother's delight in eating the little piece of fruit, asked for one for himself. So T got piece of fruit for Seth, meanwhile, Ethan was requesting another piece. Seth, still holding his first piece of fruit in his hands, heard Ethan's request to T, so offered his own piece to Ethan. This type of scenario happens all the time. (Seth got to keep his, and Ethan was given a second piece).

Naomi is sucking on a toy car and Seth, well, the child likes to eat sand. Big, heavy, handfulls of sand. Recently I was sitting in the sand pit playing with them both. While I was looking down at what we were playing, I could hear this "crunch, crunch, crunch". I looked up to see Seth with a mouth full of sand, and twigs. YUCK! I helped him fish out the twigs, and a little bit of sand, but he managed to eat most of it before I could clean his mouth out.

been too long

We've had very full days recently. And they have been lots of fun. The only bad part has been that I haven't had time to update here. We're all ready for the weather to get warmer and stay warmer. So far this week has been just fantastic, lots of playing outside. Sweet! Here are a few photos from the past couple of days.

Naomi is officially sitting up on her own. She still needs to have a backup plan for when she tips, so she is either sitting on something soft, or with a big pillow wrapped around her. She's been much happier now that she can sit up. I think though already she's ready to stand.

As you can tell Ethan is a ham. He's going, going, going these days. He seems to be getting more boisterous, which is fun most of the time.

For some reason picasa didn't add my photos of Seth so will try and add those soon.

treasure hunt

the list:

the plunder:

Treasure hunt number two. The list and plunder together. Ethan's idea to fill the wheel barrel.

I'm totally ready for more days of sun. So is Ethan. I've told him that once we wear shorts for days in a row then we can go to the beach. I told him this a few days ago. Today, I put shorts on him. His immediate response was "We're going to the beach!" Not today honey, not today...but I can't wait either.

pjs and cars

This weekend has been very full. We had our second to last open house on Saturday and then friends over for dinner Saturday night. Today was church and a much needed quiet afternoon. I enjoyed our weekend, and it left me tired, a good, it's been a full weekend tired.

Naomi is getting so big. I'm going to do a total clothes overhall. I have an enormous pile to sort through to graduate each of them to the correct sizes. As I was gathering the piles, I re-discovered Naomi's outfit from grandma and grandpa. Ethan happily got in the picture wearing his favorite pj's.

Friday morning while I was finishing breakfast with Seth and Naomi, Ethan came into the kitchen requesting that I come and see his car. When I came out to see his creation he was sitting in the backseat. I asked him if he was driving the car. He replied "no, i'm in the backseat, Seth is going to drive". Ethan waited patiently for Seth to finish his breakfast. As soon as Seth rounded the corner into the backroom Ethan was yelling out to him "Sethie, come! Sethie, come!" Seth, being the obliging little brother, trotted over to Ethan and took his place in the car as the driver. It's great to see them playing more and more together.