Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Well here we are yet another Halloween costume made by me and as always with only minutes to spare for Trick or Treating. We had fun putting this costume together and Ethan had fun wearing it. So drum roll please what was he? "I got voodoo, I got hoodoo, I got things I haven't even tried"



The "Shadow Man" from the movie Princess and the frog. Ethan loves this movie.




He was digging the role




Downtown Trick or Treating




Granna and Ethan hit the mall next.



So another successfully Halloween down and Ethan had a blast trick or treating with granna. The costume got big hits at the mall. Mommy and daddy had fun working a Halloween haunted house in Troy. Well Daddy scared the living daylights out of people while i did makeup and laughed at all the people screaming there heads off. It was fun.

Dance Away

Ethan has just been loving his dance class's This so I thought I would put up some pics and videos from a couple of his class's. 

Granna came to dance. this was Halloween night so they are all wearing there costumes.

 

Video's the first is a rythum and shapes dance that they do it is so funny how they all just make the same shape as the teacher. Love it.

 

 

I love it how in the end they are all following my mom around the floor.

First Field Trip

     Here we have some more firsts. The other day Ethan's Kindergarten class went to the WSU Apple Orchard. This was his first time going to the Orchard, first field trip and first time riding that cool yellow bus, also a first field trip for both mommy and daddy.
     We got to start the day actually watching how Ethan handles his mornings at school which was a good insight for us. We learned that personal space is still something to work on but then again that is a part of his WS friendly demeanor. We also learned that all the kids, teacher and aids like him so much to agree to disagree which person gets to have him and another wonderful boy in there group. Ethan did great riding the bus although he did take a power nap on the way back to school. The orchard was cold and a huge up hill walk. Each kid got to pick a gold and red apple and a raspberry. Ethan ate his raspberry. The only things that went wrong is he fell running up the hill and had a minor melt down about sitting on a tractor. Yet it was great to see how the teacher and aids all understood how to redirect his attention to take his mind off of these things. Now time for pic's.



 

Homecoming Parade.

                                2012 Vandel Homecoming Parade.



Granna and Ethan

Whats next?

Grandmas coming Yeah!

Doggie print.

As Ethan always says "I love tractors"

Best seat in the house.

Horses.

First Day

     Ethan was so excited for the first day of school. He is getting so big I can't believe he is already in kindergarten how time flies. Both Kevin and I took Ethan to school and wow was it slightly chaos. The kindergarten teachers were having each kid do a scavenger hunt for alphabet letters to familiarize them with all the things they do in class and were all the rooms they go to are (gym, library, music etc). It was a little intense working among 22 kids and a parent each in the class room but then in the halls were 44 kids and a parent each, yeah reminded me of being back in school, fighting your way through the halls to get to class. Fun times. So we finished the hunt with only one break down over a plane book, but considering our kid wasn't the only one breaking down I thought it went well. Ethan has kindergarten in the mornings. So far he has come home in great spirits and asks me about going back to school the next day. We are off to a good start and he is getting all the support from the teachers and special ed that he needs. Now I will check-in about a week to see if he is really doing good and behaving in class. Im sure he is (I hope).

Lake here we come!

     Our last little fun thing of vacation time was to McCall to soak up some sun and play in the lake. Kevin, Ethan and I plus my mom and dad all got to stay in a nice cabin near the lake. This was Ethan's first time to McCall. Years before it was either me and mom or Kevin and I going. He did ok on the trip. The drive up was fairly smooth as we stopped for a picnic outside of Riggins for lunch then finished the rest of the way to McCall. When we got there we found our cabin which was a little harder to find then expected mostly because not all streets are marked with street signs or the map. We unpacked our stuff picked our rooms and then set out for grocery's and places to play.
     The first day we went on a scenic drive around the lake to find all of the beaches. We stopped at the north end of the lake to play in the water. We had a good idea that Ethan wouldn't be to keen on going in the water or playing on the beach, but with a little encouragement from Papa he got soaking wet. That evening Kevin and I got to go to the Shore Lodge to celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary. I would love to make this a tradition, sitting there watching the water drinking a peach pina colada and having dinner. To much fun I love it. The next did some more McCall exploring and also drove out to the Golden Fork hot spring outside of Donelly. Now this place Ethan did like. He loved to play in the water, climbing over the walls to each level and playing with the big chess set. On the last day we went to the Pancake House for breakfast I just love the flowers at this place. Then it was on our way home. The drive home always seems shorter then the drive up. We had lots of fun and maybe I can convince someone to go back in February to see the winter festival there. I haven't done that since I was just a kid going to McCall to get some skiing in. Now for the pictures.

Lunch break

Papa look at this, Papa whats this, Papa follow me.

It started out with a Innocent game of drawing in the sand.

Then we were waste deep in the lake fully clothed, even his shoes were still on.

Don't stand still to long you just might find yourself covered in sand.

There goes the men taking the lead. This was also just before Ethan took off running and tripped over a tree root causing scratched up knees and a cut in his had.

Golden Fork hot springs, Donelly ID

There was never a checkmate but more of a your surrounded capture moment.

Kevin and Ethan outside Pancake house

Ethan and I out side Pancake house

Granna and Papa (mom & dad) out side the Christmas house attached to the Pancake house

I love these flowers why can't mine look like that.