17 Months (April) :: Comedians, Helpers, Artists...

April was both busy and a lot of fun! Ethan and Sophia are changing and growing a little bit each day.

Steve and I both have a bit of news as well. Steve had a minor surgery in mid-April to repair a hernia. He wasn't able to lift the kids for 4 weeks. While Steve was recovering I got a couple new freelance projects that made my hours-per-week skyrocket. Between freelancing and taking care of the kids 100% on my own (how do single moms do it??), I didn't have much time for blogging. I'm writing the April blog tonight and hope (fingers crossed!) to write the May blog tomorrow. For all you fans out there, thanks for being so patient!

Ethan and Sophia have started doing things for the sole purpose of being funny. For example, Ethan decided to put a bib on his head and wear it like a hat...

Needless to say, Sophia thought this was pretty funny...

Hee, hee, hee! :)
Ethan and Sophia love to help put the groceries away...
"This is so much fun!"
Daddy's little girl...
Ethan plays hide-and-seek behind the bouncy chair...
Sophia gets in on the fun...
"Where's Sophia??"
"There she is!"
Ethan decides to expand on his wear-a-bib-like-a-hat routine and put a circular piece of cardboard on his head like a hat... Hee... :)
We went to Aunt Jo-Ann's house for Easter and all enjoyed Aunt Jo-Ann's fabulous ham...
David, Aunt Jo-Ann, Cindy, and Barb...
Aunt Jo-Ann has a curtain that hangs between her kitchen and pantry. Sophia and Ethan must have run through the curtain about 100 times! They had so much fun! Ethan is back by the curtain, and Sophia is giving the curtain her stick-out-my-tongue seal of approval.
Ethan...
Ethan and Sophia doing another lap...
Aunt Jo-Ann reads to Sophia...
Ethan was more interested in grabbing Aunt-Jo-Ann's glasses!Tired snuggly toddlers...
Ethan and his lovie reindeer...
We got a new easel and the kids had fun drawing side-by-side on butcher paper. Their first collaborative effort is below. Sophia's picture is on the left and Ethan's is on the right.
Second drawing - Sophia's is on the left and Ethan's is on the right.


03.24.09 :: Sophia on her bike


03.25.09 :: Ethan and Sophia develop their silly signs - Ethan developed his first, and Sophia thought it was so funny that she decided to develop her own, unique silly sign...


04.02.09 :: Ethan and Sophia brush their teeth, and their cups and their trays...


04.07.09 :: Sophia on our new indoor slide


04.08.09 :: Bo bo bo with Sophia


04.12.09 :: Sophia and Ethan on the slide (in their Easter clothes)


04.16.09 :: Sophia tells me to get the phone...


04.16.09 :: Sophia tells me to get the phone... take II


04.20.09 :: Ethan and Sophia play in the nursery...