Ethan's Room

We got started on painting Ethan's room last weekend. So far so good! First, I moved all the furniture, except the desk with computer) out of the room. I moved the toy bins into the middle of the room and covered them with a tarp. Adam and his dad moved the desk into the middle of the room as well.

Here's another view. What chaos! You can even see the car seat in the hall. It's pink, I know, but don't worry. I've ordered a custom cover for it that is blue and brown.

Then, we began taping it all off. Here's Papa!

I completely forgot to get a picture of everyone painting, but here is the finished base coat. It's called "Tropical Pool."

Then, I started striping. This part is very tedious and has taken me a long time for such a small amount due to my short attention span. Mom is coming tonight to help me finish and maybe even get the second can of paint up!

SHOCKER!

Monday when I went to pick Aden up from school, the teacher told me he had been dry all day. He only went potty in the bathroom. A first! She went on to say that they are really close to telling us to bring him to school in underwear. UNDERWEAR!! As in, the cotton kind! No pull ups or any of that jazz.... straight to the underoos!! To say I was speechless is an understatement, although I did manage to ask if she meant MY Aden, and not some other Aden in the room. Nope.... she was talking about mine.

So as a treat, we went straight to the store and bought a bag full of underoos. Any cartoon character he wanted, he got. And some he didn't ask for. (Sorry, but the Star Wars underoos are extremely cute.) Although he is still in diapers at school (for now,) he goes straight into cotton underwear when we get home. He is doing so well!

Welcome Baby Hayden!

My friends Kelly and Clark welcomed their new son, Hayden, into the world Sunday! He is 7 pounds of pure sweetness!

Happy Birthday Lola!

We met up with Lola, Papa and Lindsey at Mama's Pizza for Lola's birthday. Aden brought Lola a bag of goodies and helped her open them.

After presents, Aden just wanted to play games. He wasn't even phased by the pizza - this kid loves to hang with the big boys! Cake eventually brought him back to the table so at least he has his priorities in order.

Making Pretzels

It was Lola's birthday, so we decided to make her a little treat. Chocolate covered pretzels! Aden was the sprinkles expert. I told him I was going to take a picture and this was the look he gave me:

Um... let's try that again....

Bathtime Silliness