Outside

The weather is finally warming up for good.  So yesterday we spent a lot of time outside.

 First we had to get dressed.  Ethan put his new boots on as soon as we got up. His friend Ollie has these same boots so at first he called them Ollie's boots and refused to wear them.  Now he loves them and wants to wear them all day. Its always a fight to get the pjs off and clothes on.  Yesterday I got the pjs off but couldn't get him dressed quick enough.  He ran away and put his boots back on and tried to go outside!

 Once we will all dressed with the boots over his pants, we took a walk around the neigborhood.

The lake is about 5 minutes away and I always walk past it and then stop at the small beach on the way back.  Ethan is now realizing that we walk by it much earlier in the walk and is quite vocal about stopping.  He loves the beach. Earlier this week while I was trying to adjust Lilly in my mei tai, Ethan flipped the stroller over trying to get out! He has been good about staying out of the water...until today. The geese in the water and a very wet dog was just too much temption. Those boots came in handy, its a good thing he insisted on wearing them!

Lilly and I hung out on a blanket in the shade while Ethan ran around the yard after his nap. Lilly loved watching the branches move in the breeze.

It was easy to take Lilly's picture (Ryan will probably complain I took too many), Ethan on the other hand never stayed still! I finally managed to catch him eating a cookie we made together the day before.