Ethan's Escapades

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Ethan loves the fish tank. As you can see he loves to throw things in it, this time it was a toothbrush and the fish food jar. In the past its been credit cards, Lillie's toys and pens.

Earlier this week, Ethan and I made cookies while Lillie was napping. While mixing the cookies, I realized I needed to call Ryan before he headed home.  I unplugged the kitchenaid and made the call. When I turned around, Ethan had unlatched the sugar jar and was pouring more in there!  I thought I was being smart by unplugging it, but I forgot to check if he had turned it on so after I got out as much sugar as I could and added some flour, I plugged it back on and it whirred to life at full speed.  We were covered in flour!  The cookies turned out great and Ethan loved them.  He even showed us that he knows what two means.  Each time I gave him a cookie, I said "one cookie". One time, he said, "no two cookies" and put out both hands! He was so cute, that I had to give him two.

We have not found anything to keep Ethan out of the fridge. We finally bought a tall gate on amazon that is working out. He has broken numerous eggs and pulled out all sorts of things.  One day Lillie woke up from her nap before Ethan, I decided to go outside sit on a blanket with her.  The only shade is towards the back of the yard so I took the baby monitor with me.  Even though its not in Ethan's room, I figured I'd still be able to hear him. our house isn't that big.  We were outside for about 25 minutes when I decided I better check on him. When I got inside, I found Ethan sitting on the floor in front of the fridge in a huge pile of yeast.  He had pushed down one of the gates in his bedroom, climbed over the small gate into the dining room and made his way to the kitchen.  He took the jar of yeast, poured half of on the floor, latched the jar and put it back on the shelf.  He probably thought it was sand the way he was playing in it.

This morning after Ryan let Ethan out of his room, Ethan went downstairs.  Again he climbed over the smaller gate (don't worry we have another tall gate on its way!) even though we had piled up boxes, the extra car seat and a few other things to deter him.  He went into the kitchen, grabbed a gallon of milk and his cup, made his way back over the small gate, and then up the stairs.  I'm surprised he didn't spill any of the milk!

Before we got the first tall gate, I was nursing Lillie and he came into the living room with gallon of milk and his cup.  I told him to put it back because it was unopened and I knew I wouldn't be able to pour it until Lillie was done. He put it on the floor and then laid on top of it and started rolling over it! Luckily it didn't burst open.

Yesterday I made him pancakes. He has been obsessed with M&Ms so I decided to put some in his pancakes.  He watched me put them on the pancake and got excited until Ryan flipped the pancake over. Then he started crying because he thought they were gone. Even after Ryan put the pancake on his pink plate (his favorite one!) so the he could see them, he still wasn't happy. He did like it once he started eating them!

While Ethan definitely keeps us on our toes, we sure do love our little boy!