Ethan's Messy Leaf Pile

To know Ethan is to know that he is a neat freak. Apparently, that extends to the great outdoors. We have been having so much fun outside lately, but parts of it are stressful to Ethan. Take, for example, the leaves. He was talking about the "buwn piyew" (aka - burn pile) and I thought I'd video him talking about it. It turned into this (and, apparently, I am irritating to him, as you'll see at the end):

Nathanial and the Garden

Nathanial was enjoying trying to figure out what the garden was (never mind that we didn't do anything with it at the end of the year - it's a disaster) and discovered what we do with all that rabbit "waste."

Noah and his "Draper"

Noah was enjoying his time in the sandpit area of our yard when I thought for sure he was asking for a diaper. I could not figure out why! Until the very end...

Aidan's Birthday Party

Aidan had his sixth birthday party and had so much fun! He almost could not wait for it - he was so excited he even helped clean (that post coming soon)!

aidan waiting patiently to open his gifts

so excited to get mariokart

austin helping aidan read his cards

this one was a huge hit - with everyone

nathanial couldn't wait to see what was in the big box

hannah really just liked all the bows and wrapping paper to play withhannah did stop once in a while to check everything outaidan loves batman

would you just hurry up and take the picture so i can go play???

so embarrassed to be sung to

{yes, mom is a little behind the curve these days and forgot to get candles, so she improvised...two, four, six!}

ethan rocking his faux-hawk

{never mind the filthy face...}

everyone singing to aidan

Report Cards and Videos

Aidan got his report card and it was great! He has grown so much in one year. Last year, we were concerned because he was so shy, wouldn't interact with others, and was just socially having a really hard time.

This year, he is making lots of friends, he's on task, he's involved all the time and shares with others, he is able to complete all tasks, he's just doing great. I am so thankful we decided not to send him to kindergarten. Socially, he really wasn't ready. This is giving him that extra boost he needed.

It's such a relief to know he's doing well...one less thing to worry about in the course of a day!

Aidan learned a "Fat Turkey" song and it is hilarious, but for some reason, blogger is not uploading videos. I've reported it and it says they are "aware" of the problem. Until they fix it, you can see his "Fat Turkey" and another video here. It's hilarious!

While you're at it, here's a video of Nathanial dancing - they love Go Fish. While Nathanial was dancing, Ethan was up to no good coloring in a book. I probably should have taken it away, but instead I videotaped it! Noah was holding and kissing Hannah, while watching and doing a little jig to the Go Fish Guys.

Hopefully, Blogger will figure out their videos soon, so I can get them on here!

Noah Loves Hannah

Noah was holding Hannah and Aidan wanted to take her away. Noah says "no" to everything lately, but he added "don't" this time!