Funnies

We were driving past this smoke stack and ethan said, "Is that the cloud maker?"

It was 56 degrees the other day...56 degrees in mid January! So we put on our mud boots and tried to soak up a tiny but of vitamin D before the next deep freeze sets in. 

Often I sing Ethan a song when putting him to bed.  There are 3-4 special lullabies that I have sung to him since he was a baby. Recently Ethan started asking for bed time songs from daddy.  Well, in classic Chris fashion, he belts out tunes like jingle bells, happy birthday, the batman theme song.  The other night Meagan was laying with me in bed because she had a migraine.  She was crying and Ethan came in and started softly singing the A-B-C song in her ear.  I wonder what lullabies his kids will get!

Ethan has been fascinated with pregnancy as we have several friends that are pregnant including my sister-in-law.  His wheels are really turning:  "how does the baby get in there?"  and of course the logical question that follows is "how does the baby get out?"  I said something like "oh, a special place in the mommies body".  That was an unsatisfactory answer for his 5 year old brain so he said "Ya mom but WHERE is the special place?" 

Ethan seems to confuse the Santa and Jesus stories and I feel a little guilty about that.  Says things like, "when Santa was a baby..."  The other day he asked, "mom is Santa God?"  We have often thought we might be possibly psychologically damaging our kids, but here's the proof!

Ethan poured himself some apple juice the other day, pulling a random glass out of the dishwasher. I walked into the kitchen and had a little mini panic

Meagan just loves to steal our phones and take strange selfies.  So Chris made this one his wallpaper 

Merry Christmas 2014

Christmas Tree

Thanksgiving

Stitches

Really surprised Ethan has survived this long without an accident requiring stitches, so in many ways we were due.  Chris and I were on a short overnight get away for our anniversary when our friends called to say Ethan had cut his face and they were on their way to the ER.  Not having actually seen it yet (and honestly wanting to avoid a $600 bandaid)  I gave my whole "head wounds bleed a lot"  and "let's not rush to the ER just yet" spiel.  Then they sent me a picture of it to which I promptly replied "meeting  you at the ER".  Ethan was playing in the church gym and a much bigger boy fell onto him, planting his face into the floor, breaking his glasses which in turn filleted his face. Really lucky it missed his eye.  Looks bad in the picture but was practically healed up within a week. Pays to have young skin I guess!

Misc.

Nini getting sn award for being on the AB honor roll

I love having creative kids. Incredibly messy, but I love it anyway. Here they made race cars out of the kitchen chairs

Our fall trip to Purdue. This is the table Chris and I carved our initials in 22 years ago!

Meagan holding Niel Armstrongs hand

Halloween

The "creepy carnival" at the children's museum was a little too creepy for NiNi.  Below is Thor, a zombie/witch and .... Not quite sure what Meagan was supposed to be but it apparently passed as a costume because people gave her candy.  This may have been the coldest Halloween I can remember and there was actually snow in our candy pails by the end of the night!