Our first Cub Scout meeting was Monday night. Etha is a 3rd grader, so he is a Bear now. I really want to get into the Scouts. But it's so tough to make it to those weekly meetings. And many times, Ethan is bored with it. Personally, I think he only wants to stay in it for the Pinewood Derby races, which he loves and he's good at. Okay.... Next Monday is the Bike Rodeo. I think he'll like that. I feel bad because there's no real flat place in our yard for him to practice bike riding other than the stretch of road in front of our house. Sometime Jason takes him down there to practice. Maybe Zane will get to go Monday, too; we have to get him a helmet first though :) He is getting better riding his tricycle he inherited from Ethan (whcih Nash will inherit from him -- hey, it was a good investment) or his Strider bike. (I still don't get that thing though.)
Ethan continues to do well in school; he has his first science test today about plants. I think he knows all the info, so I hope he does well! He's been bringing a lot of books home with him each night (which reminds me, I may need to get a new backback for him!), but doesn't seem to be doing a lot of work. He just hates homework. Home time is his time. I agree, but I want to instill good study habits early for him. Tough. Tough. Tough.
Zane loves counting now. He's kind of mixing numbers up (4-7-8 is his fave sequence now), but he understands we are counting things. How cool is that?
Jason thinks Zane is color blind because he mixes up his colors. Huh? He's two. He know there are different colors - red, blue, green, pink, orange. Sometimes he gets it right when you ask him what a color is. Sometimes he's way off. I think his Daddy is crazy.
I don't know how many times I think about the fact that Nash is such a good baby. He is. He is generally so agreeable. So friendly. So playful. So active (loves jumping). So chattery. I love it. I just wish he would sleep better. I'm pretty sure I've messed him up there. I need to figure out how to do this as pain-free as possible. For me and him. More Mommy guilt.
Ethan received this postcard in the mail from his teacher Mrs. Basler yesterday (September 15th). He didn't even tell us she displayed 2 pieces of his artwork at school!
Nash loves his bath, always has. But this week he started doing something new. He can sit up in his tub all by himself! He can't really do that yet elsewhere, but I guess the little bath pillow we use gives him just enough support. He loves kicking his feet, swinging his hands in the water, and just splashing like crazy!
Last night after Ethan and Nash had already hit the sack, Zane had some quiet play time in the living room. I looked over and he had lined up all these little 2x2 board books. He said he was making a road for his trucks. Way to make the old man proud, Zane-Zane!
And we have also discovered that Nash can sit up his own! Not for hours on end, mind you; but this is a big deal! He loves the freedom of sitting on the floor all independent-like.
We drove to Parkersburg for the day on Saturday (September 17th). Megan, Bill, Anna, and were visiting Jason's parents. It also coincided with a food and wine festival in town (Taste of Parkersburg). Nash and Zane did not sleep Friday night. Oh, it was bad. But we got up Saturday morning and made the 2-hour trek. Zane took a 3 and a half hour nap that afternoon. He REALLYneeded it.
Everyone had fun playing together, especially after baths when they were in their pj's. Anna Elizabeth is an adorable, active, happy little girl. Who loves the camera :)
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