Smores

A couple of weeks ago it was so beautiful out that we barbecued and ate dinner outside - which if you know me you know that I am not that found of the great outdoors but something just compelled me:) Then after cleaning up we decided to finally break out the smores kit I had gotten years and years ago. It was so much fun and it was Ethan's first smore and he was in love with the huge piece of chocolate that he discovered as he picked the smore apart. I just love how Ethan dives into something, figures out everything that is in it (in case mommy is hiding something in it that he does not want like a vegetable - eww) and then starts with the best stuff first! It was a fun night and something we will be doing more this summer for sure:)

Go DBacks!

The other night we were able to go to the Diamondbacks game thanks to some extra tickets that some friends had. We always enjoy heading to a game, getting a hot dog and cheering on the Dbacks! Unfortunately we did not win but it was still a great game and Ethan was fun to watch as he cheered on his team and helped lead us in all the clapping! Thank you Galloway and Kane family for a wonderful night:)
Oh I almost forgot the best part: The Bobble Head or as Ethan calls it Mine Bobble! He carried his treasured bobble head all the way to the car and lovingly placed it on his dresser when we got home:)

Ethan's Guitar

If you know Ethan you know he loves music! It seems like he is always dancing to some beat, singing a song or playing music. Ethan started using some of his Geo-trac track as a pretend guitar and passing out other instruments to John and I to be apart of his band! So John had brought out his guitar for Ethan to check out but he got so into he actually cut a couple of his fingers on the guitar strings. So then we were on the hunt for a guitar for Ethan. Now most of the toy guitars we found were just not going to cut it because they are buttons that you push and not strings and we would show them to Ethan to check them out and ask him "is this your guitar or should we keep looking?" to which he would reply "no". So we went to Toys R Us and they had several kids ukuleles! So they have actual plastic strings so Ethan can't cut his fingers and the strings seem durable enough to take the rock stylings of Ethan!

Water Fun for an AZ kid

As the temperatures climb higher and higher towards the dreaded 100 degree mark we have been finding ways to play outside and still stay cool. Ethan and I went to the San Tan Mall which has a great outdoor play and splash pad area for kids, its nice and shaded and there is plenty of seating for parents. It took him a while to get into it but once some young ladies showed up Ethan of course got right in there to show off and have some fun!

We have also had some water fun in the backyard! I turned on the sprinklers one afternoon for Ethan but he was not the biggest fan of all the water getting in his eyes, so instead I put the hose on a rotating old style sprinkler and he was a bit happier with that. Mostly I was the one getting wet and having fun in the water while Ethan watched and refused to follow my lead (hence the lack of pictures of Ethan having fun in the pictures as I was the only one in the water). Then this past friday daddy came with us to a water jet area in Gilbert at Liberty Market. Its not shade covered like San Tan but I think the water jets are more fun, although they seemed to intimidate Ethan this year. Last summer I couldn't keep him out of them but this year he was a bit more cautious and it took Daddy to get him in but both boys had a great time!

Summer is off to a great start here! The weather has been nice so far and soon the pools will be warm enough for us to get in (I don't get in until its at least 80!).