Craft Time

My boys love doing crafts. We fiund fun little ceramic banks that came with paint at the dollar store (I love the dollar store!!). Ethan and Eli had a great time painting.
It was so cute; they were very focused on their project!

Dinner with the Newman's

Here are a few pictures from a Sunday dinner with the Newman side of the family. We were at my brother, Dave's house and we had a great time. The cousins always love playing together.

My brother Dan with our little Ellyse. All of the kids love their Uncle Dan. He always makes silly faces and makes them laugh!
Eli dumped a whole bunch of salt on his dinner plate - YUCK!

And then he proceeded to eat it- WHAT??!! He has some crazy taste buds!

We love Sunday dinners with the family!

Let's Go Fishing

We are getting really good at coming up with new and different ideas for play time since nearly all of the toys are packed up in storage. I found some paper fish in my primary singing time folder and we made fishing poles out a piece of string and a paper clip at the end. The boys had a great time casting their string over the chair and I would attach a fish to their paper clip. We had a great time and it kept us all busy for quite a while. Maybe when we eventually get into another house we might not need to unpack their toys. It is fun getting creative.

We're a Little "Corny"

We love summer time and all of the fresh corn we can eat!! Ethan and Eli REALLY love corn on the cob and will eat several ears of it in one sitting. Eli likes to eat it raw off the cob. They also love helping to shuck the corn. They are such good helpers. Yeah for summer time corn!!!

New Chore Chart

I decided to make a new chore chart for the boys. So, I took pictures of the jobs they needed to do and put the pictures on a chart. Ethan and Eli are all over this idea. Every morning they can't wait to look at the pictures and do the job and then put a sticker on their chart. After a whole row of stickers is filled up, they get a reward. The first one they picked is a McDonald's ice cream cone. I can definitely handle that incentive, especially since it makes them so excited to help out. They don't really even put stickers on their chart anymore, but they still love doing their jobs and being good helpers. I sure hope this lasts !!!

Make their beds
Brush teeth, clean the bathroom

Pick up the toys

Feed Harvey

Load their dishes

Tim's New Car

Tim went from this 1993 Mazda 626 pile of junk with 200k miles:

To THIS:

A 1997 Honda Civic that gets GREAT gas mileage (35 mpg), looks nice, AC/heater.

(okay, it is still not a brand new car or anything, but it is sure better than what we had)

Tim is waxing and washing his new car. He is loving his new ride! (We sold Tim's junker for $500 - a nice bonus!)

The boys had fun helping Tim wash his new car.

Ethan had A LOT of fun spraying us with the hose.

Ethan's Preschool Graduation

Ethan graduated from Altta High School's Minihawk preschool on May 20, 2010. He and Eli are standing in front of the 'A' outside the school.
Here is a picture of Ethan standing proud all by himself. It is kind of fun because I graduated from Alta High school and now my son is graduating from their preschool -
wow, crazy how time flies.

Each kid in the preschool gets a high school student "teacher" assigned to them. The kids get great one-on-one attention. Ethan is sitting with Sarah, his "teacher."

Here he is with all the pictures of the graduates.

What a handsome boy?!!

Grandma holding Ellyse. I was so glad she held her most of the time so I could just focus on Ethan and enjoy his day with him.

Ethan singing songs for the graduation.

Getting his certificate - he covered up his cute face - oh well!

Grandma and Grandpa came to support Ethan.

Ethan with his friend Natalie Watson. They are such good buddies.

The whole fam!

Ethan with the main teacher Mrs. Crapo. She was so complimentary of Ethan and proud of how smart he is and the sweet boy that he is. Of course, I totally agree with her :).

Ellyse is wearing a "future minihawk" onesie that the preschool gave to her when she was born.