Ethan's Bad Word

Eric and I decided to take the kids into Boone, North Carolina to shop and hang out for a while, when we were down in Tennessee visiting my Dad. Thankfully, we had a few days of being out of the car, before we took the hour journey to the other side of the mountain to go to Boone. We arrived at the outlet mall and were excited to shop in 50+ degree weather. After all, it was in the 30's at home. Eric was getting the double stoller out of the car...(it seriously weighs at least 50 pounds), while he was getting it out, he got his finger caught in it and said, "Damnit". Fast forward 24 hours....we were packing up the car to begin our journey home and Ethan was in the kitchen at my Dad's house playing with his cars. He was racing them on the floor and crashed them into the wall, we heard him talking to them and didn't think anything of it, until Eric looked at me and said, "I think he just said Damnit." We called him into the family room and asked him what he just said, with a sheepish smile he said, "I said damnit, dada." I couldn't believe it and had to walk away from laughing, as I know it truly isn't funny, but to hear those words so crystal clear out of the mouth of our two year old son, it shocked me. Eric explained that wasn't a nice word and that he isn't to say it anymore. He has uttered the word a few more times and each time, we try to not make it a big deal, so he won't say it again. Out of the mouths of babes, that is for sure!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are two pictures of our two little pilgrams! They made the trek all the way down to Tennessee to celebrate Thanksgiving with Papa Ken and Grandma Charlotte. They enjoyed their visit and playing with Prissy!!

Making Brownies....

I asked Ethan last weekend if he wanted to help me make some brownies. I wasn't even sure if he knew what a brownie was, but nonetheless, he was able to sit up on the counter, so he was intrigued. After I mixed it all and put it in the pan to bake, I let him taste the batter....that was it, he was gone.....I believe his exact words were, "MMMM Mama, dat good." and of course his ever so famous, "Mere". A picture truly is worth a thousand words....

And She Stands....

We are big stuff at our house...Hannah has been standing for a few weeks now, a little wobbly at first and now she is a pro. The thing that cracks me up is she will be crusing with the little crawl she does, she will stop and sit up in mid-crawl and then put her two hands on the floor lift her butt up and just stand. She gives herself quite the workout and I am convinced is already doing some sort of yoga poses in her whole standing routine. My mom thinks she will be walking by Christmas...we shall see.

Going to Work...

This morning Ethan asked me if he could get "Donalds" for breakfast, as Eric usually buys him McDonalds on Saturdays for breakfast. I think he also correlates this to us being at home on the weekend. I told him, "No, not today, Mama and Dada have to work." He told me, "I work too!" Here is the rest of the conversation:

Me - "You work? Where do you work?"
Ethan - "I work at the apple station"

Me - "What do you do at the apple station?"
Ethan - "I pick apples and go on the tractor!"

Without skipping a beat he went on with his regular morning banter. I couldn't believe how grown up he sounded and how big he is getting! My little peanut amazes me more and more every day!

Pumpkin Patch

Every year, okay for the past two years, I have taken Ethan to the pumpkin patch to take pictures for what was going to be our annual Halloween card. This year, I was so excited and dressed both Ethan and Hannah in cute Fall clothes. We were off...our mission, to get a great picture or two of the two of them in the pumpkin patch. Tired and hungry, probably wasn't the best set up for our photo shoot. Ethan refused to smile or to even look at the camera, and Hannah was more concerned with the hay all around her. She had this blank look on her face in all of the pictures and was more into the hay she was sitting on, picking it up and trying to put it in her mouth. Needless to say, there were no Rass Halloween cards this year!

Happy Halloween

Here is our little bat and cat! Hannah was supposed to be a pink poodle and wanted nothing to do with her costume. We tried two separate times to put her in and no dice...she was not going to wear it. So she wore her cute little cat hat, which she loved!!!