Spider

There was a cool spider web on one of our bushes. When we looked closer we saw the spider had caught a fly and was spinning his web over the fly. So...naturally, we had to take a picture.

Ethan's Birthday Follow Up

Here are some pictures and video from Ethan's birthday party that I was supposed to upload a week ago. Have to be better about getting these things up sooner.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ETHAN!!!!

Today Ethan is two. Wow...he is growing up fast. He already received two calls from special people. Early this morning, around 6:15am his Aunty Vanch and Grandma Ruth called to wish him a Happy Birthday all the way from Belize. He was still asleep so he didn't get to talk to them. The rest of the Burke family from Belize also sent their well wishes for the birthday boy.

Then around 6:30 am Aunty Harmeet and Uncle Garrett called. Ethan was up at this time and so he took the call. Not sure what they said to him. All I hear from Ethan is a laugh and "you funny". I will take some pictures of the little guy and post them soon.

The Boys are Growing

Today is Ethan's last day as a one-year-old. I cannot believe that he will be two tomorrow. How time just flies by. Today was also the first day that Ethan stood up to pee in the potty...by himself. I think he learned it by watching Shawn. He likes to be like his big brother Shawn so he copies a lot of what Shawn does. Ethan is also talking more. He makes actual sentences. For example....he will say "Mommy, eat ice-cream", or "Mommy, Sasha eat my sausage...bad doggy". He also likes to read his books. The one thing that has been happening is that both boys are fighting for my attention. So when Shawn wants me to play with him, Ethan will come by and say "Mommy, play with me".

These last few months have been tiring, but so much fun with the boys constantly learning something new. Shawn has an impeccable memory so we have to be careful about what we tell him as he WILL remember. It has also been nice seeing the boys getting closer. They interact more but, of course, will fight more too. Ethan is currently going through the fussy phase, or what some call the "terrible twos". Shawn went through it too but not nearly as bad. Oh...Shawn is getting better at sharing. These last few weeks we have seen progress in this area.

The boys are sleeping now. So with this I say goodnight.

Fun with Aunty

Yesterday was a fun day for the boys...well...the family. We went over to their Aunty Harmeet and Uncle Garretts place. They started the day with breakfast and then rode their tricycles....Batman for Shawn and Ironman for Ethan. They went down in the badminton court area and then headed back up to play ball. It was getting so hot that Ethan was sweating. So we headed indoors for lunch. The boys were watching the "Incredibles" waiting for Uncle Garrett to come home because that meant they could go into the pool. They hung out in the spa and when dad showed up, it was time to go in. But the boys had more fun in the actual pool. Shawn did not want to leave. In fact when he woke up from his nap in the car he was asking to go back to see his Aunty. He said he had the most fun in the big pool.

So over all was a good day. I was very proud of both of them as they were so well behaved. Well...as well as a 3 and 2 year-old can be. They are both playing as I write this post. They are chasing each other on their bikes around the table. I think I will go an join them. Enjoy the remainder of the weekend.

Happy July 4th

We just wanted to wish everyone a happy, safe, and fun July 4th. Our association has a fireworks show planned so we may end up going there. But we haven't decided for sure yet. Whatever we do we will do as a family so in that regards we will have fun.

Not Much Happening.

Hey,

There hasn't been too much going on here over the last few weeks. June is usually a busy month with birthday's, graduations, and Fathers Day. My cousin Jusleen graduated from High School so I wanted to go and see her. Then Ilene's daughter and son graduated, so we went to see them too. The boys came with me as the celebration was on the weekend. But as they are small and restless, our visit was short.



In closing I thought I would add in some recent pictures of Ethan. I don't have any of him in a suit so I just took some.