4 Month of update! Yeeks!

Right. April 6th as the last post is really a bit out of hand isn't it. Oh dear. I'd like to blame the pregnancy and feeling quite nautious the first few months but the fact that it's now September forces me to face facts that i've been quite lax about Ethan's blog. So sorry! Ethan's baby brother is now 24 weeks old. Yes he knows it's a boy and he is going to be a big brother but lets get to Ethan. (Scan pics will posted soon) So here are the highlights!: May: He has had a fabulous birthday May 1st which was Sportacus Lazytown themed with a pretty great cake. Ethan helped me to make his Lazytown pinata. There were lunch boxes with the England flag and everyone had a fabulous time. We had all his friends over at Mama and Papazee's garden and there were a few patches of rain but nothing we couldn't manage. Ethan was only upset when his cake came out and he had to blow the candles out in the rain but eating the cake afterwards made up for it! June We moved house June 18th and Ethan has taken to his new room with flying colors. The house had a sleeper bed which is raised up with storage underneath it and he loved climbing onto his chair to get in and out of his bed. He has a fabulous garden in our backyard to play with and we have a paddling pool, and football net set up. Various ball, bats, raquets litter the yard and he is extremely sporty. This is also due to quite alot of practice with the Wii console system. One the TV is turned on, he can turn on the Wii Console by himself, put in the game he wishes (Sport's Resort) and set up the games himself. He is very proficient at baseball, bowling, swordfighting, tennis, ping pong. Outdoors he like baseball, badminton, tennis, and bowling. He has a cricket set as well. He has been thriving at school and has really bonded with one of his teachers named Laura. She is also a very close family friend so Ethan get to see alot of her which is great. His school took us all Strawberry picking and we ended finding some ginormous strawberries 1/3 of which we ate along the way. HAHA We also went to Greenlands farm to visit the guinea pigs and rabbits, horses , pigs and sheep which was quite fun and the best part of course is the huge indoor playground. July: Erin's birthday (Ethan's girlfriend0 was the highlight. Very pink and wonderful. There was amazing food, great games and a bouncy castle. What more could a 3 year old ask for! We decided to introduce Ethan to a new preschool in kirkby Lonsdale for September called St Mary's Church of England Primary school but he will be in the nursery (preschool) and Adam and I visited the school to get him registered. The setting and teachers are absolutely lovely there. We were quite lucky as we live out of the cachement area but since enrollement was low, Ethan managed to secure a place. He will still be going to Burton Preschool two days a week as he loves being with Laura and is familiar in this setting but we feel that he would get even more out of being at St, Mary's. Ethan was on holidays from 26th of July so we focused a bit on gardening. He helped me water all our plants: Sunflowers, Strawberries, Pak Choi, Tomatoes, Carrots, Lettuce , broccoli and Courgettes (Zuchini). We have had amazing successes with all but the carrots and the broccoli which got devoured by caterpillars. He is extremely helpful around the house. Folding laundy- well wrapping clothes into balls and throwing them in the laundry hamper. He loves cooking and we bake regularl. He does absolutely everything from adding all ingred including cracking eggs and using the electric mixer with my help to filling cupcake cups. He doesn't much like putting the sticky cookie batter on the sheet but thats ok. August Ethan has managed to learn to undress and dress himself! His speech has become less clear as he focuses on more physical activities and has a hard time enunciating "L"s and "R"s which come out as more of a Wuh sound. so the word name "Riley" sounds like Why lee. But his speech just throws us for a loop. If I wear a dress, I know the first thing he will say to me is "Mom, you look pretty/beautiful." He knows he'll always get a hug when he comes up to me, tilts his head and says "Mom, I love you. There are other times he has said things like "Mom, if you go to work, I'll miss the baby BUT I might miss you too. He has learnt the meaning of Anyways and that doesn't matter along with some other not so good phrases like : "Driving me nuts mom!" and "Oh for goodness sake! Which he got from me...woops. "You're cheeky!" "Argh!' I must admit thought he is very polite and most times says his pleases, thank yous and excuse me's. He also remind us to say please as well. We are teaching him also to say excuse me when Adam and I are talking to other parents, relatives or friends but this ends up as him saying it 20 times over and over again until we acknowledge him- a work in progress. LOL. I love his northern accent. He says a very definate Cah'nt (Can't) and Wot (What) tomatohs. There are so many and I just smile when I hear his accent. He has also started to give us directions or tell us what to do which is a bit bossy so we have been working on that.. "You do this first mom, then do that and then you do this ...etc.." August: Ethan is becoming really affectionate and will just stop us in our tracks and tell us that he wants to give us a hug or a kiss. Ethan and his friends and us moms go to Happy Mount Park in Morecambe and have an incredible time only spending 2 pounds! They have a free splash park, a lovely natural playground and train and trampolines. It was 100% the best time ever. I even ran through all the waterworks at the splash park with him. We have a mini holiday weekend in Leek near Staffordshire Aug 2oth- 21st and attend the Just So Festival for kids. It was amazing. He got to see the a production called Honey with Dad, listen to cool music, eat some fantastic food, meet the Gruffalo, play in the playground, and he loved the sand - despite it raining - while I indulged in some face painting, meeting the fairy queen and I got my garland and wings. Hee. We also met up with a good friend, Hattie and her daughter Clem and it was fantastic The next day we went to Trentham Estates where they have a Monkey Forest, Garden centre, shopping area, and huge estate gardens with a ginormous play area with Sand pit but our high light was going through the barefoot path. Which consisted of a block of different textures that you trod over ranging from pebbles, stones, wooden slates, wood chips water and a knee high mud pit. Ethan didn't so much like the mud and it went up Adam's jeans, shirt, face and hat when he started kicking in the mud. hilarious. The we went to eat at Frankie and Bennies- like TGIFridays and Ethan proceeded to eat 3/4 of a 9 inch tomato and cheese pizza. Adam and I were shocked and thought he's going to be sick.. but not only did he keep it down but polished off fudge and icecream for dessert and his apple juice! Goodness gracious that was one hungry boy. Sept. Today (Sept 4th) we were making pretend cake in the bathtub with empty bottles filled with water as different ingredients and he attached quantities to his ingredients which is new. Like we need 3 drops (Squirt) of vanilla, 5 drops of flour etc etc. How great is that! right.. more to come as I think of it but that is the update for now! Pics and vids to come too! Thanks for being patient!